Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757722Ab1BQTeR (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:34:17 -0500 Received: from smtp.outflux.net ([198.145.64.163]:36640 "EHLO smtp.outflux.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753374Ab1BQTeO (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:34:14 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:33:03 -0800 From: Kees Cook To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Randy Dunlap , Linus Torvalds , x86@kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.38-rc4 (test_nx: BUG) Message-ID: <20110217193303.GS4000@outflux.net> References: <20110209090804.5c1ecf8e.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <4D52CA98.2050100@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D52CA98.2050100@linux.intel.com> 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: 766 Lines: 26 Hi Arjan, On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 09:10:48AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On 2/9/2011 9:08 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > >test_nx BUGs. > >CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y > >(nearly allmodconfig, with a few changes) > > > >Is that expected? > > > this test should pass... > so something broke it (I'll call that a success for the test ;-) I would suspect that the code in fudze_exception_table() isn't legal any more due to the RO patches. (i.e. I think test_nx.c needs to be updated.) -Kees -- 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/