On Wed, 2016-08-10 at 10:43 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 11:40:24AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > 
> > @@ -1309,16 +1309,11 @@ void __init arm_mm_memblock_reserve(void)
> >   * Any other function or debugging method which may touch any
> > device _will_
> >   * crash the kernel.
> >   */
> > +static char vectors[PAGE_SIZE * 2] __ro_after_init
> > __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
> >  static void __init devicemaps_init(const struct machine_desc
> > *mdesc)
> >  {
> >  	struct map_desc map;
> >  	unsigned long addr;
> > -	void *vectors;
> > -
> > -	/*
> > -	 * Allocate the vector page early.
> > -	 */
> > -	vectors = early_alloc(PAGE_SIZE * 2);
> 
> This one is not appropriate.  We _do_ write to these pages after init
> for FIQ handler updates.  See set_fiq_handler().

This is one of the many cases where pax_open_kernel/pax_close_kernel are
needed to temporarily toggle it read-only. From grsecurity:

@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ void set_fiq_handler(void *start, unsigned int
length)
 	void *base = vectors_page;
 	unsigned offset = FIQ_OFFSET;
 
+	pax_open_kernel();
 	memcpy(base + offset, start, length);
+	pax_close_kernel();