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| author | Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com> | 2019-02-03 23:37:20 +0300 |
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| committer | Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> | 2019-04-29 11:47:10 +0300 |
| commit | b2d24b97b2a9691351920e700bfda4368c177232 (patch) | |
| tree | afc715c3029b79cf1430781ffcbe39ff0656cadb /arch/s390/Kconfig | |
| parent | a80313ff91abda67641dc33bed97f6bcc5e9f6a4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b2d24b97b2a9691351920e700bfda4368c177232.tar.xz | |
s390/kernel: add support for kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR)
This patch adds support for relocating the kernel to a random address.
The random kernel offset is obtained from cpacf, using either TRNG, PRNO,
or KMC_PRNG, depending on supported MSA level.
KERNELOFFSET is added to vmcoreinfo, for crash --kaslr support.
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Rudo <prudo@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/Kconfig | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig index 4c99e4f5f366..8c15392ee985 100644 --- a/arch/s390/Kconfig +++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig @@ -637,6 +637,16 @@ config RELOCATABLE The relocations make the kernel image about 15% larger (compressed 10%), but are discarded at runtime. +config RANDOMIZE_BASE + bool "Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR)" + depends on RELOCATABLE + default y + help + In support of Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR), + this randomizes the address at which the kernel image is loaded, + as a security feature that deters exploit attempts relying on + knowledge of the location of kernel internals. + endmenu menu "Memory setup" |