Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754599Ab0KISPy (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:15:54 -0500 Received: from smtp.outflux.net ([198.145.64.163]:43127 "EHLO smtp.outflux.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752812Ab0KISPx (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:15:53 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:15:51 -0800 From: Kees Cook To: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 4/4] x86: only CPU features determine NX capabilities Message-ID: <20101109181551.GI5876@outflux.net> References: <20101109181157.GE5876@outflux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101109181157.GE5876@outflux.net> Organization: Canonical X-HELO: www.outflux.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1001 Lines: 33 Fix the NX feature boot warning when NX is missing to correctly reflect that BIOSes cannot disable NX now. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c b/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c index a3250aa..410531d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/setup_nx.c @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void __init x86_report_nx(void) { if (!cpu_has_nx) { printk(KERN_NOTICE "Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection " - "missing in CPU or disabled in BIOS!\n"); + "missing in CPU!\n"); } else { #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE) if (disable_nx) { -- 1.7.2.3 -- Kees Cook Ubuntu Security Team -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/