Thread (107 messages) 107 messages, 6 authors, 2023-01-05

Re: [PATCH v4 13/39] x86/mm: Start actually marking _PAGE_COW

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2022-12-03 02:33:36
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On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 04:35:40PM -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
The recently introduced _PAGE_COW should be used instead of the HW Dirty
bit whenever a PTE is Write=0, in order to not inadvertently create
shadow stack PTEs. Update pte_mk*() helpers to do this, and apply the same
changes to pmd and pud.

Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <redacted>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Co-developed-by: Yu-cheng Yu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

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Kees Cook
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