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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 9b2c4925585a..f29e4c656983 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -160,20 +160,9 @@ config HARDENED_USERCOPY copy_from_user() functions) by rejecting memory ranges that are larger than the specified heap object, span multiple separately allocated pages, are not on the process stack, - or are part of the kernel text. This kills entire classes + or are part of the kernel text. This prevents entire classes of heap overflow exploits and similar kernel memory exposures. -config HARDENED_USERCOPY_PAGESPAN - bool "Refuse to copy allocations that span multiple pages" - depends on HARDENED_USERCOPY - depends on BROKEN - help - When a multi-page allocation is done without __GFP_COMP, - hardened usercopy will reject attempts to copy it. There are, - however, several cases of this in the kernel that have not all - been removed. This config is intended to be used only while - trying to find such users. - config FORTIFY_SOURCE bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows" depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE |