[PATCH v4.9.y 16/27] arm64: Kconfig: Add CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0

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From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>

commit 084eb77cd3a8 upstream.

Add a Kconfig entry to control use of the entry trampoline, which allows
us to unmap the kernel whilst running in userspace and improve the
robustness of KASLR.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shanker Donthineni <shankerd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxx> [v4.9 backport]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> [v4.9 backport]
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 7769c2e27788..6b6e9f89e40a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -733,6 +733,19 @@ config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER
 	  However for 4K, we choose a higher default value, 11 as opposed to 10, giving us
 	  4M allocations matching the default size used by generic code.
 
+config UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
+	bool "Unmap kernel when running in userspace (aka \"KAISER\")"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Some attacks against KASLR make use of the timing difference between
+	  a permission fault which could arise from a page table entry that is
+	  present in the TLB, and a translation fault which always requires a
+	  page table walk. This option defends against these attacks by unmapping
+	  the kernel whilst running in userspace, therefore forcing translation
+	  faults for all of kernel space.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 menuconfig ARMV8_DEPRECATED
 	bool "Emulate deprecated/obsolete ARMv8 instructions"
 	depends on COMPAT
-- 
2.11.0




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