x86: keep the BIOS area executable
keep the BIOS area executable.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 4589a13..effcd78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -22,6 +22,27 @@
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
+/*
+ * We allow the BIOS range to be executable:
+ */
+#define BIOS_BEGIN 0x000a0000
+#define BIOS_END 0x00100000
+
+static inline pgprot_t check_exec(pgprot_t prot, unsigned long address)
+{
+ if (__pa(address) >= BIOS_BEGIN && __pa(address) < BIOS_END)
+ pgprot_val(prot) &= ~_PAGE_NX;
+ /*
+ * Better fail early if someone sets the kernel text to NX.
+ * Does not cover __inittext
+ */
+ BUG_ON(address >= (unsigned long)&_text &&
+ address < (unsigned long)&_etext &&
+ (pgprot_val(prot) & _PAGE_NX));
+
+ return prot;
+}
+
pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address, int *level)
{
pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(address);
@@ -140,13 +161,7 @@
BUG_ON(PageLRU(kpte_page));
BUG_ON(PageCompound(kpte_page));
- /*
- * Better fail early if someone sets the kernel text to NX.
- * Does not cover __inittext
- */
- BUG_ON(address >= (unsigned long)&_text &&
- address < (unsigned long)&_etext &&
- (pgprot_val(prot) & _PAGE_NX));
+ prot = check_exec(prot, address);
if (level == PG_LEVEL_4K) {
set_pte_atomic(kpte, mk_pte(page, canon_pgprot(prot)));