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-rw-r--r--arch/Kconfig19
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/Kconfig2
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index c5b50bfe31c1..cabfac22f2fb 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -599,21 +599,22 @@ config STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
config ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
bool
help
- An architecture should select this if it supports Clang's Shadow
- Call Stack and implements runtime support for shadow stack
+ An architecture should select this if it supports the compiler's
+ Shadow Call Stack and implements runtime support for shadow stack
switching.
config SHADOW_CALL_STACK
- bool "Clang Shadow Call Stack"
- depends on CC_IS_CLANG && ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
+ bool "Shadow Call Stack"
+ depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || !FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
help
- This option enables Clang's Shadow Call Stack, which uses a
- shadow stack to protect function return addresses from being
- overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found in
- Clang's documentation:
+ This option enables the compiler's Shadow Call Stack, which
+ uses a shadow stack to protect function return addresses from
+ being overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found
+ in the compiler's documentation:
- https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html
+ - Clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html
+ - GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Instrumentation-Options.html#Instrumentation-Options
Note that security guarantees in the kernel differ from the
ones documented for user space. The kernel must store addresses
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index b8ab790555c8..a6733b972212 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ config HW_PERF_EVENTS
config ARCH_HAS_FILTER_PGPROT
def_bool y
-# Supported by clang >= 7.0
+# Supported by clang >= 7.0 or GCC >= 12.0.0
config CC_HAVE_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
def_bool $(cc-option, -fsanitize=shadow-call-stack -ffixed-x18)