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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 678a80713b21..cabfac22f2fb 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -599,21 +599,22 @@ config STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG config ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK bool help - An architecture should select this if it supports Clang's Shadow - Call Stack and implements runtime support for shadow stack + An architecture should select this if it supports the compiler's + Shadow Call Stack and implements runtime support for shadow stack switching. config SHADOW_CALL_STACK - bool "Clang Shadow Call Stack" - depends on CC_IS_CLANG && ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK + bool "Shadow Call Stack" + depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || !FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER help - This option enables Clang's Shadow Call Stack, which uses a - shadow stack to protect function return addresses from being - overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found in - Clang's documentation: + This option enables the compiler's Shadow Call Stack, which + uses a shadow stack to protect function return addresses from + being overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found + in the compiler's documentation: - https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html + - Clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html + - GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Instrumentation-Options.html#Instrumentation-Options Note that security guarantees in the kernel differ from the ones documented for user space. The kernel must store addresses @@ -1159,16 +1160,30 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET to the compiler, so it will attempt to add canary checks regardless of the static branch state. -config RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT - bool "Randomize kernel stack offset on syscall entry" +config RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET + bool "Support for randomizing kernel stack offset on syscall entry" if EXPERT + default y depends on HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET + depends on INIT_STACK_NONE || !CC_IS_CLANG || CLANG_VERSION >= 140000 help The kernel stack offset can be randomized (after pt_regs) by roughly 5 bits of entropy, frustrating memory corruption attacks that depend on stack address determinism or - cross-syscall address exposures. This feature is controlled - by kernel boot param "randomize_kstack_offset=on/off", and this - config chooses the default boot state. + cross-syscall address exposures. + + The feature is controlled via the "randomize_kstack_offset=on/off" + kernel boot param, and if turned off has zero overhead due to its use + of static branches (see JUMP_LABEL). + + If unsure, say Y. + +config RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT + bool "Default state of kernel stack offset randomization" + depends on RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET + help + Kernel stack offset randomization is controlled by kernel boot param + "randomize_kstack_offset=on/off", and this config chooses the default + boot state. config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX def_bool n |