To support detection of read faults with Radix execute-only memory, the vma_is_accessible() check in access_error() (which checks for PROT_NONE) was replaced with a check to see if VM_READ was missing, and if so, returns true to assert the fault was caused by a bad read. This is incorrect, as it ignores that both VM_WRITE and VM_EXEC imply read on powerpc, as defined in protection_map[]. This causes mappings containing VM_WRITE or VM_EXEC without VM_READ to misreport the cause of page faults, since the MMU is still allowing reads. Correct this by restoring the original vma_is_accessible() check for PROT_NONE mappings, and adding a separate check for Radix PROT_EXEC-only mappings. Fixes: 395cac7752b9 ("powerpc/mm: Support execute-only memory on the Radix MMU") Reported-by: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230308152702.GR19419@kitsune.suse.cz Tested-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://msgid.link/20230310050834.63105-1-ruscur@russell.cc
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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