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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2017-05-06 02:56:07 -0400
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2017-08-01 20:04:48 -0400
commit9225331b310821760f39ba55b00b8973602adbb5 (patch)
tree486443275c8d05ebe69d6d403ccf0b8fe5296425 /arch/Kconfig
parent3598f5d0872ff574c5b6704024f12ca4a3056860 (diff)
randstruct: Enable function pointer struct detection
This enables the automatic structure selection logic in the randstruct GCC plugin. The selection logic randomizes all structures that contain only function pointers, unless marked with __no_randomize_layout. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 21d0089117fe..4ada3209146a 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -473,11 +473,13 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT
473 depends on GCC_PLUGINS 473 depends on GCC_PLUGINS
474 select MODVERSIONS if MODULES 474 select MODVERSIONS if MODULES
475 help 475 help
476 If you say Y here, the layouts of structures explicitly 476 If you say Y here, the layouts of structures that are entirely
477 marked by __randomize_layout will be randomized at 477 function pointers (and have not been manually annotated with
478 compile-time. This can introduce the requirement of an 478 __no_randomize_layout), or structures that have been explicitly
479 additional information exposure vulnerability for exploits 479 marked with __randomize_layout, will be randomized at compile-time.
480 targeting these structure types. 480 This can introduce the requirement of an additional information
481 exposure vulnerability for exploits targeting these structure
482 types.
481 483
482 Enabling this feature will introduce some performance impact, 484 Enabling this feature will introduce some performance impact,
483 slightly increase memory usage, and prevent the use of forensic 485 slightly increase memory usage, and prevent the use of forensic