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Commit 0d37dde7 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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Merge branch 'x86-entry-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 vsyscall updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Further hardening of the legacy vsyscall by providing support for
  execute only mode and switching the default to it.

  This prevents a certain class of attacks which rely on the vsyscall
  page being accessible at a fixed address in the canonical kernel
  address space"

* 'x86-entry-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  selftests/x86: Add a test for process_vm_readv() on the vsyscall page
  x86/vsyscall: Add __ro_after_init to global variables
  x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly
  selftests/x86/vsyscall: Verify that vsyscall=none blocks execution
  x86/vsyscall: Document odd SIGSEGV error code for vsyscalls
  x86/vsyscall: Show something useful on a read fault
  x86/vsyscall: Add a new vsyscall=xonly mode
  Documentation/admin: Remove the vsyscall=native documentation
parents 0902d501 7f0a5e07
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