From ad21fc4faa2a1f919bac1073b885df9310dbc581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laura Abbott Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:31:57 -0800 Subject: arch: Move CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and CONFIG_SET_MODULE_RONX to be common There are multiple architectures that support CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and CONFIG_SET_MODULE_RONX. These options also now have the ability to be turned off at runtime. Move these to an architecture independent location and make these options def_bool y for almost all of those arches. Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- Documentation/security/self-protection.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/security') diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt index 3010576c9fca..f41dd00e8b98 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt @@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX, which seek to make sure that code is not writable, data is not executable, and read-only data is neither writable nor executable. +Most architectures have these options on by default and not user selectable. +For some architectures like arm that wish to have these be selectable, +the architecture Kconfig can select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX to enable +a Kconfig prompt. CONFIG_ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT determines +the default setting when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is enabled. + #### Function pointers and sensitive variables must not be writable Vast areas of kernel memory contain function pointers that are looked -- cgit From 0f5bf6d0afe4be6e1391908ff2d6dc9730e91550 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laura Abbott Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:31:58 -0800 Subject: arch: Rename CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and CONFIG_DEBUG_MODULE_RONX Both of these options are poorly named. The features they provide are necessary for system security and should not be considered debug only. Change the names to CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX and CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX to better describe what these options do. Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott Acked-by: Jessica Yu Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- Documentation/security/self-protection.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/security') diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt index f41dd00e8b98..141acfebe6ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ kernel, they are implemented in a way where the memory is temporarily made writable during the update, and then returned to the original permissions.) -In support of this are (the poorly named) CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and -CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX, which seek to make sure that code is not +In support of this are CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX and +CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX, which seek to make sure that code is not writable, data is not executable, and read-only data is neither writable nor executable. -- cgit