ARM: add DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX option to Kconfig
Now that all the page setting infrastructure is in place,
Add the DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX to the ARM debugging Kconfig.
When turned on, data sections for modules will be marked as NX
and read only sections will be marked as such.
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
index 0603a6a5..1043cb8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1162,4 +1162,15 @@
additional instructions during context switch. Say Y here only if you
are planning to use hardware trace tools with this kernel.
+config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
+ bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
+ depends on MODULES
+ ---help---
+ This option helps catch unintended modifications to loadable
+ kernel module's text and read-only data. It also prevents execution
+ of module data. Such protection may interfere with run-time code
+ patching and dynamic kernel tracing - and they might also protect
+ against certain classes of kernel exploits.
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
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