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Jonathan T. Looney 31ba4c7b5b On bootup, the amd64 pmap initialization code creates page-table
mappings for the pages used for the kernel and some initial allocations
used for the page table. It maps the kernel and the blocks used for
these initial allocations using 2MB pages.

However, if the kernel does not end on a 2MB boundary, it still maps the
last portion using a 2MB page, but reports that the unused 4K blocks
within this 2MB allocation are free physical blocks. This means that
these same physical blocks could also be mapped elsewhere - for example,
into a user process. Given the proximity to the kernel text and data
area, it seems wise to avoid allowing someone to write data to physical
blocks also mapped into these virtual addresses.

(Note that this isn't a security vulnerability: the direct map makes
most/all memory on the system mapped into kernel space. And, nothing
in the kernel should be trying to access these pages, as the virtual
addresses are unused. It simply seems wise to avoid reusing these
physical blocks while they are mapped to virtual addresses so close
to the kernel text and data area.)

Consequently, let's reserve the physical blocks covered by the
page-table mappings for these initial allocations.

Reviewed by:	kib, markj
MFC after:	2 weeks
Sponsored by:	Netflix
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14268
2018-02-09 17:46:33 +00:00
bin Don't hardcode /usr/bin as the path for mktemp in build tools 2018-02-06 15:41:35 +00:00
cddl Fix "zpool add" crash when a replacing vdev has a spare child 2018-02-09 16:08:57 +00:00
contrib Pull in r324594 from upstream clang trunk (by Alexander Ivchenko): 2018-02-08 21:11:48 +00:00
crypto Add declaration of SSL_get_selected_srtp_profile() for OpenSSL. 2018-01-25 23:38:05 +00:00
etc Refactor cleanvar to remove shell expansion vulnerability 2018-02-06 21:35:41 +00:00
gnu Remove libreadline from the source tree, all consumers but gdb 2018-02-06 12:22:42 +00:00
include Avoid implicit gcc nonnull attribute in vwarnx(). 2018-01-28 19:37:30 +00:00
kerberos5 various: general adoption of SPDX licensing ID tags. 2017-11-27 15:37:16 +00:00
lib su_data: correct macro expansion. 2018-02-08 14:53:34 +00:00
libexec Sprinkle static; avoid nested externs. 2018-02-04 19:05:13 +00:00
release Change installer default to not install ports tree 2018-01-30 16:34:56 +00:00
rescue Avoid referencing private lib names directly. 2017-11-10 07:53:02 +00:00
sbin Include files missed in 329051. 2018-02-08 23:14:24 +00:00
secure Remove c_rehash(1) to not confuse users. We do not install the Perl script. 2018-02-08 19:55:03 +00:00
share We don't actually need env here, so drop it. All shells allow setting 2018-02-09 15:50:32 +00:00
stand loader: fix endianness conversion 2018-02-09 10:20:16 +00:00
sys On bootup, the amd64 pmap initialization code creates page-table 2018-02-09 17:46:33 +00:00
targets Remove libreadline from the source tree, all consumers but gdb 2018-02-06 12:22:42 +00:00
tests Fix and enable SysV IPC tests. 2018-02-05 18:48:00 +00:00
tools Teach nanobsd about armv7, add -m to qemu invocations 2018-02-09 14:31:11 +00:00
usr.bin Temporarily widen count for interrupt rate calculations on 32-bit archs 2018-02-08 05:18:30 +00:00
usr.sbin su_data: correct macro expansion. 2018-02-08 14:53:34 +00:00
.arcconfig callsign isn't required anymore 2016-09-29 06:19:45 +00:00
.arclint arc lint: ignore /tests/ in chmod 2017-12-19 03:38:06 +00:00
.gitattributes .git*: add gitattributes and gitignore 2017-12-25 21:07:54 +00:00
.gitignore .git*: add gitattributes and gitignore 2017-12-25 21:07:54 +00:00
COPYRIGHT Happy New Year 2018 my friends! 2017-12-31 16:48:04 +00:00
LOCKS Explicitly require Security Officer's approval for kernel PRNG bits. 2013-09-17 14:19:05 +00:00
MAINTAINERS Move sys/boot to stand. Fix all references to new location 2017-11-14 23:02:19 +00:00
Makefile Add a note about why we have the conditional before including 2018-02-07 16:28:26 +00:00
Makefile.inc1 Add a note about why we have the conditional before including 2018-02-07 16:28:26 +00:00
Makefile.libcompat X_COMPILER_* may not be defined. 2018-01-24 18:08:37 +00:00
Makefile.sys.inc AUTO_OBJ: For all top-level targets enforce using an OBJDIR. 2017-12-05 21:29:47 +00:00
ObsoleteFiles.inc Remove c_rehash(1) to not confuse users. We do not install the Perl script. 2018-02-08 19:55:03 +00:00
README Document the sys/boot -> stand move in hier.7 and the top-level README. 2017-12-03 20:36:36 +00:00
README.md Document the sys/boot -> stand move in hier.7 and the top-level README. 2017-12-03 20:36:36 +00:00
UPDATING Upgrade our copies of clang, llvm, lld, lldb, compiler-rt and libc++ to 2018-01-14 00:08:34 +00:00

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