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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-03-19 20:37:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2018-03-19 20:37:35 +0100 |
| commit | 134933e55789ece9bca973d3502c7b8f7a9dae86 (patch) | |
| tree | b1694310855e43acb5fceb8b2d55ec8cd713ccad /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | 24868367cdcac447232ebcb2aa06e1bf91291586 (diff) | |
| parent | c698ca5278934c0ae32297a8725ced2e27585d7f (diff) | |
| download | linux-134933e55789ece9bca973d3502c7b8f7a9dae86.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'v4.16-rc6' into perf/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index eb7f43f23521..0fa71a78ec99 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ choice it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation. This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command - line parameter vsyscall=[native|emulate|none]. + line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|none]. On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty @@ -2315,15 +2315,6 @@ choice If unsure, select "Emulate". - config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE - bool "Native" - help - Actual executable code is located in the fixed vsyscall - address mapping, implementing time() efficiently. Since - this makes the mapping executable, it can be used during - security vulnerability exploitation (traditionally as - ROP gadgets). This configuration is not recommended. - config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE bool "Emulate" help |