new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_MMAN_H__
+#define __ASM_MMAN_H__
+
+#include <uapi/asm/mman.h>
+
+/* PARISC cannot allow mdwe as it needs writable stacks */
+static inline bool arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#define arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported
+
+#endif /* __ASM_MMAN_H__ */
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ calc_vm_flag_bits(unsigned long flags)
unsigned long vm_commit_limit(void);
+#ifndef arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported
+static inline bool arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported(void)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+#define arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported
+#endif
+
/*
* Denies creating a writable executable mapping or gaining executable permissions.
*
@@ -2394,8 +2394,11 @@ static inline int prctl_set_mdwe(unsigned long bits, unsigned long arg3,
if (bits & PR_MDWE_NO_INHERIT && !(bits & PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN))
return -EINVAL;
- /* PARISC cannot allow mdwe as it needs writable stacks */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PARISC))
+ /*
+ * EOPNOTSUPP might be more appropriate here in principle, but
+ * existing userspace depends on EINVAL specifically.
+ */
+ if (!arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported())
return -EINVAL;
current_bits = get_current_mdwe();
There exist systems other than PARISC where MDWE may not be feasible to support; rather than cluttering up the generic code with additional arch-specific logic let's add a generic function for checking MDWE support and allow each arch to override it as needed. Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@bewilderbeest.net> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.3+ --- arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ include/linux/mman.h | 8 ++++++++ kernel/sys.c | 7 +++++-- 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h