MIPS: non-exec stack & heap when non-exec PT_GNU_STACK is present
The stack and heap have both been executable by default on MIPS until now. This patch changes the default to be non-executable, but only for ELF binaries with a non-executable PT_GNU_STACK header present. This does apply to both the heap & the stack, despite the name PT_GNU_STACK, and this matches the behaviour of other architectures like ARM & x86. Current MIPS toolchains do not produce the PT_GNU_STACK header, which means that we can rely upon this patch not changing the behaviour of existing binaries. The new default will only take effect for newly compiled binaries once toolchains are updated to support PT_GNU_STACK, and since those binaries are newly compiled they can be compiled expecting the change in default behaviour. Again this matches the way in which the ARM & x86 architectures handled their implementations of non-executable memory. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com> Cc: Leonid Yegoshin <leonid.yegoshin@imgtec.com> Cc: Maciej Rozycki <maciej.rozycki@imgtec.com> Cc: Faraz Shahbazker <faraz.shahbazker@imgtec.com> Cc: Raghu Gandham <raghu.gandham@imgtec.com> Cc: Matthew Fortune <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/13765/Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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