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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-12 10:15:26 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-12 10:15:26 +0300
commitfc9104d5d7172d2cb6c672abeb964242aa735b34 (patch)
tree87f8aedceff2d578b073d33791e4696a7aba9185 /security
parentab57f86198d6ff20371613d4a02fd4841972a5c0 (diff)
parent9395452b4aab7bc2475ef8935b4a4fb99d778d70 (diff)
downloadlinux-fc9104d5d7172d2cb6c672abeb964242aa735b34.tar.xz
Merge 4.8-rc6 into usb-next
We want the USB fixes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index da10d9b573a4..118f4549404e 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ config HARDENED_USERCOPY
or are part of the kernel text. This kills entire classes
of heap overflow exploits and similar kernel memory exposures.
+config HARDENED_USERCOPY_PAGESPAN
+ bool "Refuse to copy allocations that span multiple pages"
+ depends on HARDENED_USERCOPY
+ depends on EXPERT
+ help
+ When a multi-page allocation is done without __GFP_COMP,
+ hardened usercopy will reject attempts to copy it. There are,
+ however, several cases of this in the kernel that have not all
+ been removed. This config is intended to be used only while
+ trying to find such users.
+
source security/selinux/Kconfig
source security/smack/Kconfig
source security/tomoyo/Kconfig