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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-07-28 17:16:12 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2025-07-28 17:16:12 -0700 |
| commit | 8e736a2eeaf261213b4557778e015699da1e1c8c (patch) | |
| tree | 333e87486066884a29d2fb0dc5bbb939211fd7df /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | d900c4ce638d707f09c7e5c2afa71e035c0bb33d (diff) | |
| parent | 32e42ab9fc88a884435c27527a433f61c4d2b61b (diff) | |
Merge tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull hardening updates from Kees Cook:
- Introduce and start using TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper for fixing
embedded flex array instances (Gustavo A. R. Silva)
- mux: Convert mux_control_ops to a flex array member in mux_chip
(Thorsten Blum)
- string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts() (Andy Shevchenko)
- Remove KCOV instrumentation from __init and __head (Ritesh Harjani,
Kees Cook)
- Refactor and rename stackleak feature to support Clang
- Add KUnit test for seq_buf API
- Fix KUnit fortify test under LTO
* tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (22 commits)
sched/task_stack: Add missing const qualifier to end_of_stack()
kstack_erase: Support Clang stack depth tracking
kstack_erase: Add -mgeneral-regs-only to silence Clang warnings
init.h: Disable sanitizer coverage for __init and __head
kstack_erase: Disable kstack_erase for all of arm compressed boot code
x86: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
arm64: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
s390: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
arm: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
mips: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatch
powerpc/mm/book3s64: Move kfence and debug_pagealloc related calls to __init section
configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE
stackleak: Split KSTACK_ERASE_CFLAGS from GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS
stackleak: Rename stackleak_track_stack to __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth
stackleak: Rename STACKLEAK to KSTACK_ERASE
seq_buf: Introduce KUnit tests
string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts()
kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants
acpi: nfit: intel: avoid multiple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index dd49a89a62d3..19224eeac1c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ stack_erasing ============= This parameter can be used to control kernel stack erasing at the end -of syscalls for kernels built with ``CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK``. +of syscalls for kernels built with ``CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE``. That erasing reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can reveal and blocks some uninitialized stack variable attacks. @@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ The tradeoff is the performance impact: on a single CPU system kernel compilation sees a 1% slowdown, other systems and workloads may vary. = ==================================================================== -0 Kernel stack erasing is disabled, STACKLEAK_METRICS are not updated. +0 Kernel stack erasing is disabled, KSTACK_ERASE_METRICS are not updated. 1 Kernel stack erasing is enabled (default), it is performed before returning to the userspace at the end of syscalls. = ==================================================================== |