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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/init_64.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 3a98d6f724ab..9b61c75a2355 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -591,10 +591,17 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
if (end <= start)
return;
- set_memory_ro(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
(end - start) >> 10);
+ set_memory_ro(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ /*
+ * The rodata section (but not the kernel text!) should also be
+ * not-executable.
+ */
+ start = ((unsigned long)__start_rodata + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
+ set_memory_nx(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
rodata_test();
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