/* $NetBSD: exec_prot_support.c,v 1.1 2011/07/18 23:16:09 jym Exp $ */ /*- * Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. * All rights reserved. * * This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation * by Jean-Yves Migeon. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ #include __RCSID("$NetBSD: exec_prot_support.c,v 1.1 2011/07/18 23:16:09 jym Exp $"); #include #include #include "../../common/exec_prot.h" /* * Support for executable space protection has always been erratic under i386. * Originally IA-32 can't do per-page execute permission, so it is * implemented using different executable segments for %cs (code segment). * This only allows coarse grained protection, especially when memory starts * being fragmented. * Later, PAE was introduced together with a NX/XD bit in the page table * entry to offer per-page permission. */ int exec_prot_support(void) { int pae; size_t pae_len = sizeof(pae); if (sysctlbyname("machdep.pae", &pae, &pae_len, NULL, 0) == -1) return PARTIAL_XP; if (pae == 1) { if (system("cpuctl identify 0 | grep -q NOX") == 0 || system("cpuctl identify 0 | grep -q XD") == 0) return PERPAGE_XP; } return PARTIAL_XP; }