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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index f08977d82ca0..8eed3f94bfc7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -110,9 +110,8 @@ config X86 select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL select HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP if X86_64 || X86_PAE select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL - select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if X86_64 && SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP + select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if X86_64 select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB - select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS if MMU select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS if MMU && COMPAT select HAVE_ARCH_COMPAT_MMAP_BASES if MMU && COMPAT @@ -1430,7 +1429,7 @@ config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT config X86_DIRECT_GBPAGES def_bool y - depends on X86_64 && !DEBUG_PAGEALLOC && !KMEMCHECK + depends on X86_64 && !DEBUG_PAGEALLOC ---help--- Certain kernel features effectively disable kernel linear 1 GB mappings (even if the CPU otherwise @@ -1805,14 +1804,20 @@ config X86_SMAP If unsure, say Y. config X86_INTEL_UMIP - def_bool n + def_bool y depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL prompt "Intel User Mode Instruction Prevention" if EXPERT ---help--- The User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is a security feature in newer Intel processors. If enabled, a general - protection fault is issued if the instructions SGDT, SLDT, - SIDT, SMSW and STR are executed in user mode. + protection fault is issued if the SGDT, SLDT, SIDT, SMSW + or STR instructions are executed in user mode. These instructions + unnecessarily expose information about the hardware state. + + The vast majority of applications do not use these instructions. + For the very few that do, software emulation is provided in + specific cases in protected and virtual-8086 modes. Emulated + results are dummy. config X86_INTEL_MPX prompt "Intel MPX (Memory Protection Extensions)" |