| menu "Kernel hacking" |
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| source "lib/Kconfig.debug" |
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| config ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE |
| def_bool n |
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| config ARM64_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS |
| bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" |
| depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |
| select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE |
| select DEBUG_FS |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a |
| debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers |
| who are working in architecture specific areas of the kernel. |
| It is probably not a good idea to enable this feature in a production |
| kernel. |
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| If in doubt, say N. |
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| config PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR |
| bool "Write the current PID to the CONTEXTIDR register" |
| help |
| Enabling this option causes the kernel to write the current PID to |
| the CONTEXTIDR register, at the expense of some additional |
| instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you are |
| planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel. |
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| config ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET |
| bool "Randomize TEXT_OFFSET at build time" |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want the image load offset (AKA TEXT_OFFSET) |
| of the kernel to be randomized at build-time. When selected, |
| this option will cause TEXT_OFFSET to be randomized upon any |
| build of the kernel, and the offset will be reflected in the |
| text_offset field of the resulting Image. This can be used to |
| fuzz-test bootloaders which respect text_offset. |
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| This option is intended for bootloader and/or kernel testing |
| only. Bootloaders must make no assumptions regarding the value |
| of TEXT_OFFSET and platforms must not require a specific |
| value. |
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| config DEBUG_WX |
| bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" |
| select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE |
| ---help--- |
| Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. |
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| This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving |
| W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. |
| This check also includes UXN, which should be set on all kernel |
| mappings. |
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| Look for a message in dmesg output like this: |
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| arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. |
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| or like this, if the check failed: |
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| arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found. |
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| Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly |
| still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in |
| themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation |
| of other unfixed kernel bugs easier. |
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| There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option |
| once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. |
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| If in doubt, say "Y". |
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| config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA |
| depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX |
| bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE" |
| help |
| If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as |
| read only or non-executable will be aligned up to the section size of |
| the kernel. This prevents sections from being split into pages and |
| avoids a potential TLB penalty. The downside is an increase in |
| alignment and potentially wasted space. Turn on this option if |
| performance is more important than memory pressure. |
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| If in doubt, say N. |
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| source "drivers/hwtracing/coresight/Kconfig" |
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| endmenu |