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diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 99839c23d453..3f8b8be3036f 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -781,4 +781,38 @@ config VMAP_STACK
the stack to map directly to the KASAN shadow map using a formula
that is incorrect if the stack is in vmalloc space.
+config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
+ def_bool n
+
+config ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
+ def_bool n
+
+config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+ def_bool n
+
+config DEBUG_RODATA
+ bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
+ depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+ default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
+ help
+ If this is set, kernel text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
+ and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
+ protection against certain security exploits (e.g. executing the heap
+ or modifying text)
+
+ These features are considered standard security practice these days.
+ You should say Y here in almost all cases.
+
+config ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
+ def_bool n
+
+config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
+ bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" if ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
+ depends on ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX && MODULES
+ default !ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX || ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT
+ help
+ If this is set, module text and rodata memory will be made read-only,
+ and non-text memory will be made non-executable. This provides
+ protection against certain security exploits (e.g. writing to text)
+
source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"