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From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v19 15/25] mm: Fixup places that call pte_mkwrite()
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 <20210203225547.32221-16-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
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On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 02:55:37PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> When serving a page fault, maybe_mkwrite() makes a PTE writable if it is in
> a writable vma.  A shadow stack vma is writable, but its PTEs need
> _PAGE_DIRTY to be set to become writable.  For this reason, maybe_mkwrite()
> has been updated.
> 
> There are a few places that call pte_mkwrite() directly, but effect the
> same result as from maybe_mkwrite().  These sites need to be updated for
> shadow stack as well.  Thus, change them to maybe_mkwrite():
> 
> - do_anonymous_page() and migrate_vma_insert_page() check VM_WRITE directly
>   and call pte_mkwrite(), which is the same as maybe_mkwrite().  Change
>   them to maybe_mkwrite().
> 
> - In do_numa_page(), if the numa entry 'was-writable', then pte_mkwrite()
>   is called directly.  Fix it by doing maybe_mkwrite().
> 
> - In change_pte_range(), pte_mkwrite() is called directly.  Replace it with
>   maybe_mkwrite().
> 
>   A shadow stack vma is writable but has different vma
> flags, and handled accordingly in maybe_mkwrite().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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