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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c index a4eb27918ceb..a2486f444073 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c @@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ static int map_tboot_page(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, return -1; set_pte_at(&tboot_mm, vaddr, pte, pfn_pte(pfn, prot)); pte_unmap(pte); + + /* + * PTI poisons low addresses in the kernel page tables in the + * name of making them unusable for userspace. To execute + * code at such a low address, the poison must be cleared. + * + * Note: 'pgd' actually gets set in p4d_alloc() _or_ + * pud_alloc() depending on 4/5-level paging. + */ + pgd->pgd &= ~_PAGE_NX; + return 0; } |