From 964c9dff0091893a9a74a88edf984c6da0b779f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Popov Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 01:17:03 +0300 Subject: stackleak: Allow runtime disabling of kernel stack erasing Introduce CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE option, which provides 'stack_erasing' sysctl. It can be used in runtime to control kernel stack erasing for kernels built with CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK. Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov Tested-by: Laura Abbott Signed-off-by: Kees Cook --- scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig index b0a015ef5268..0d5c799688f0 100644 --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig @@ -182,4 +182,12 @@ config STACKLEAK_METRICS can be useful for estimating the STACKLEAK performance impact for your workloads. +config STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE + bool "Allow runtime disabling of kernel stack erasing" + depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK + help + This option provides 'stack_erasing' sysctl, which can be used in + runtime to control kernel stack erasing for kernels built with + CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK. + endif -- cgit v1.2.3