Provide a Kconfig option allowing the user to select if GCS support is built into the kernel. Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/Kconfig | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 3e29b44d2d7b..dcb12f041c13 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -2178,6 +2178,27 @@ config ARCH_PKEY_BITS endmenu # "ARMv8.9 architectural features" +menu "v9.4 architectural features" + +config ARM64_GCS + bool "Enable support for Guarded Control Stack (GCS)" + default y + select ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK + select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS + depends on !UPROBES + help + Guarded Control Stack (GCS) provides support for a separate + stack with restricted access which contains only return + addresses. This can be used to harden against some attacks + by comparing return address used by the program with what is + stored in the GCS, and may also be used to efficiently obtain + the call stack for applications such as profiling. + + The feature is detected at runtime, and will remain disabled + if the system does not implement the feature. + +endmenu # "v9.4 architectural features" + config ARM64_SVE bool "ARM Scalable Vector Extension support" default y -- 2.39.2
