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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/self-protection.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt index 3010576c9fca..f41dd00e8b98 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt @@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX, which seek to make sure that code is not writable, data is not executable, and read-only data is neither writable nor executable. +Most architectures have these options on by default and not user selectable. +For some architectures like arm that wish to have these be selectable, +the architecture Kconfig can select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX to enable +a Kconfig prompt. CONFIG_ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT determines +the default setting when ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX is enabled. + #### Function pointers and sensitive variables must not be writable Vast areas of kernel memory contain function pointers that are looked |