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riscv: efi: Set NX compat flag in PE/COFF header
authorHeinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:02:33 +0000 (16:02 +0200)
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:18:38 +0000 (06:18 -0700)
commitd41373a4b910961df5a5e3527d7bde6ad45ca438
tree5605d0b32d1515b3afba49f2da0d6909786ad896
parent33549fcf37ec461f398f0a41e1c9948be2e5aca4
riscv: efi: Set NX compat flag in PE/COFF header

The IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT informs the firmware that the
EFI binary does not rely on pages that are both executable and
writable.

The flag is used by some distro versions of GRUB to decide if the EFI
binary may be executed.

As the Linux kernel neither has RWX sections nor needs RWX pages for
relocation we should set the flag.

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com>
Fixes: cb7d2dd5612a ("RISC-V: Add PE/COFF header for EFI stub")
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240929140233.211800-1-heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
arch/riscv/kernel/efi-header.S