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authorLaura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>2017-02-06 16:31:58 -0800
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2017-02-07 12:32:52 -0800
commit0f5bf6d0afe4be6e1391908ff2d6dc9730e91550 (patch)
tree12c10057175483fe3f3720b37b7ffb5b73241b2a /Documentation/security
parentad21fc4faa2a1f919bac1073b885df9310dbc581 (diff)
downloadlinux-0f5bf6d0afe4be6e1391908ff2d6dc9730e91550.tar.bz2
arch: Rename CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and CONFIG_DEBUG_MODULE_RONX
Both of these options are poorly named. The features they provide are necessary for system security and should not be considered debug only. Change the names to CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX and CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX to better describe what these options do. Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/self-protection.txt4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt
index f41dd00e8b98..141acfebe6ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ kernel, they are implemented in a way where the memory is temporarily
made writable during the update, and then returned to the original
permissions.)
-In support of this are (the poorly named) CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA and
-CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX, which seek to make sure that code is not
+In support of this are CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX and
+CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX, which seek to make sure that code is not
writable, data is not executable, and read-only data is neither writable
nor executable.