Read-only page table

Because we use CPU page table to provide such detection, DxeIpl does one more enhancement to set page table itself to be read only. (https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/MdeModulePkg/Core/DxeIplPeim/X64/VirtualMemory.c SetPageTablePoolReadOnly()) If the buffer overflow impacts the page table, it can be detected immediately.

The CPU driver needs to be aware of this and carefully clear CR0_WP bit before modifying the page table and restore CR0 after modification. (https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/UefiCpuPkg/CpuDxe/CpuPageTable.c)

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