Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] x86/elf: Add table to document READ_IMPLIES_EXEC

From: Borislav Petkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:44:46 +0100

Ozenn Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 09:13:02PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Add a table to document the current behavior of READ_IMPLIES_EXEC in
> preparation for changing the behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
> index 69c0f892e310..733f69c2b053 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
> @@ -281,6 +281,25 @@ extern u32 elf_hwcap2;
>  /*
>   * An executable for which elf_read_implies_exec() returns TRUE will
>   * have the READ_IMPLIES_EXEC personality flag set automatically.
> + *
> + * The decision process for determining the results are:
> + *
> + *              CPU: | lacks NX*  | has NX, ia32     | has NX, x86_64 |
> + * ELF:              |            |                  |                |
> + * -------------------------------|------------------|----------------|
> + * missing GNU_STACK | exec-all   | exec-all         | exec-all       |
> + * GNU_STACK == RWX  | exec-all   | exec-all         | exec-all       |
> + * GNU_STACK == RW   | exec-none  | exec-none        | exec-none      |

In all those tables, you wanna do:

s/GNU_STACK/PT_GNU_STACK/g

so that it is clear what this define is.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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