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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 35 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index d8c0d3266173..137dfa96aa14 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very early before the console code is initialized. +config X86_PTDUMP_CORE + def_bool n + config X86_PTDUMP bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL select DEBUG_FS + select X86_PTDUMP_CORE ---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 @@ -79,7 +83,8 @@ config X86_PTDUMP config EFI_PGT_DUMP bool "Dump the EFI pagetable" - depends on EFI && X86_PTDUMP + depends on EFI + select X86_PTDUMP_CORE ---help--- Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous @@ -105,6 +110,34 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure. If in doubt, say "N" +config DEBUG_WX + bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" + depends on DEBUG_RODATA + select X86_PTDUMP_CORE + ---help--- + Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. + + This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving + W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. + + Look for a message in dmesg output like this: + + x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. + + or like this, if the check failed: + + x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found. + + 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. + + There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option + once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. + + If in doubt, say "Y". + config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" depends on MODULES |