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diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index fa51ff0470c1..3d9cab156740 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -756,6 +756,27 @@ config ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS endmenu +config ARM64_UAO + bool "Enable support for User Access Override (UAO)" + default y + help + User Access Override (UAO; part of the ARMv8.2 Extensions) + causes the 'unprivileged' variant of the load/store instructions to + be overriden to be privileged. + + This option changes get_user() and friends to use the 'unprivileged' + variant of the load/store instructions. This ensures that user-space + really did have access to the supplied memory. When addr_limit is + set to kernel memory the UAO bit will be set, allowing privileged + access to kernel memory. + + Choosing this option will cause copy_to_user() et al to use user-space + memory permissions. + + The feature is detected at runtime, the kernel will use the + regular load/store instructions if the cpu does not implement the + feature. + endmenu menu "Boot options" |