Re: [PATCH v17 02/26] x86/cet/shstk: Add Kconfig option for user-mode control-flow protection

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On 1/19/2021 3:06 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 01:30:29PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
Shadow Stack provides protection against function return address
corruption.  It is active when the processor supports it, the kernel has
CONFIG_X86_CET_USER enabled, and the application is built for the feature.
This is only implemented for the 64-bit kernel.  When it is enabled, legacy
non-Shadow Stack applications continue to work, but without protection.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  arch/x86/Kconfig           | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
  arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler |  5 +++++
  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 7b6dd10b162a..72cff400b9ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1950,6 +1950,28 @@ config X86_SGX
If unsure, say N. +config ARCH_HAS_SHADOW_STACK
+	def_bool n
+
+config X86_CET_USER

That thing needs to be X86_CET. How many times do I need to type this
before you do it?


Yes, I totally understand that now. I was still thinking about separately enabling user/kernel mode. Perhaps I should have communicated that thought before the change. Sorry about that. I will update it.

--
Yu-cheng



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