2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 6bf1f1ac478c..cbcbfdee3ee0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1247,6 +1247,11 @@ config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
         def_bool X86_64
         depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 
+config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
+       hex
+       default 0 if X86_32
+       default 0xdead000000000000 if X86_64
+
 source "mm/Kconfig"
 
 config HIGHPTE
diff --git a/include/linux/poison.h b/include/linux/poison.h
index 7fc194aef8c2..2110a81c5e2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/poison.h
+++ b/include/linux/poison.h
@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@
 #define _LINUX_POISON_H
 
 /********** include/linux/list.h **********/
+
+/*
+ * Architectures might want to move the poison pointer offset
+ * into some well-recognized area such as 0xdead000000000000,
+ * that is also not mappable by user-space exploits:
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
+# define POISON_POINTER_DELTA _AC(CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE, UL)
+#else
+# define POISON_POINTER_DELTA 0
+#endif
+
 /*
  * These are non-NULL pointers that will result in page faults
  * under normal circumstances, used to verify that nobody uses
  * non-initialized list entries.
  */
-#define LIST_POISON1  ((void *) 0x00100100)
-#define LIST_POISON2  ((void *) 0x00200200)
+#define LIST_POISON1  ((void *) 0x00100100 + POISON_POINTER_DELTA)
+#define LIST_POISON2  ((void *) 0x00200200 + POISON_POINTER_DELTA)
 
 /********** include/linux/timer.h **********/
 /*