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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig.debug | 33 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug index 17685e19aed8..78a647080ebc 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug @@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ menu "Kernel hacking" source "lib/Kconfig.debug" -config ARM_PTDUMP +config ARM_PTDUMP_CORE + def_bool n + +config ARM_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL depends on MMU + select ARM_PTDUMP_CORE select DEBUG_FS ---help--- Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a @@ -16,6 +20,33 @@ config ARM_PTDUMP kernel. If in doubt, say "N" +config DEBUG_WX + bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" + select ARM_PTDUMP_CORE + ---help--- + Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. + + This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving + W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. + + Look for a message in dmesg output like this: + + arm/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. + + or like this, if the check failed: + + arm/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found. + + Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly + still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in + themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation + of other unfixed kernel bugs easier. + + There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option + once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. + + If in doubt, say "Y". + # RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding. # If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack # traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to |