x86/Kconfig: only enable ROX cache in execmem when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is set
authorMike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Jun 2025 11:14:42 +0000 (14:14 +0300)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:20:51 +0000 (11:20 +0200)
commit47410d839fcda6890cb82828f874f97710982f24
treed3308ba18e69b82b0056cb1f0e50b86406d17a20
parent1dbf30fdb5e57fb2c39f17f35f2b544d5de34397
x86/Kconfig: only enable ROX cache in execmem when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is set

Currently ROX cache in execmem is enabled regardless of
STRICT_MODULE_RWX setting. This breaks an assumption that module memory
is writable when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is disabled, for instance for kernel
debuggin.

Only enable ROX cache in execmem when STRICT_MODULE_RWX is set to
restore the original behaviour of module text permissions.

Fixes: 64f6a4e10c05 ("x86: re-enable EXECMEM_ROX support")
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250603111446.2609381-3-rppt@kernel.org
arch/x86/Kconfig