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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 27 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index f909d3ce36e6..fdf1431ac8c2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -72,33 +72,6 @@ config EFI_PGT_DUMP issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that table. -config DEBUG_WX - bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" - select PTDUMP_CORE - ---help--- - Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. - - This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving - W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. - - Look for a message in dmesg output like this: - - x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. - - or like this, if the check failed: - - x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found. - - Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly - still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in - themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation - of other unfixed kernel bugs easier. - - There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option - once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. - - If in doubt, say "Y". - config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL |