[PATCH v3 0/3] Refactor memory initialization hardening

Masahiro Yamada yamada.masahiro at socionext.com
Wed Apr 24 04:06:49 UTC 2019


On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 4:49 AM Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> This refactors the stack memory initialization configs in order to
> keep things together when adding Clang stack initialization, and in
> preparation for future heap memory initialization configs.
>
> I intend to carry this in the gcc-plugins tree, but I'd really like
> to get Acks from Masahiro (Kconfig changes, Makefile change), and
> from James (adding the new Kconfig.hardening to security/Kconfig).

If needed,
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>


> Thanks!
>
> -Kees
>
> v3:
> - clean up menu/if with a merged "depends on" (masahiro)
> - add CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST defaults (masahiro)
>
> v2:
> - add plugin menu (masahiro)
> - adjust patch subject prefixes (masahiro)
> - drop redundent "depends" (masahiro)
> - fixed early use of CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT (masahiro)
> - dropped default-enabled for STACK_INIT_ALL (masahiro)
>
>
> Kees Cook (3):
>   security: Create "kernel hardening" config area
>   security: Move stackleak config to Kconfig.hardening
>   security: Implement Clang's stack initialization
>
>  Makefile                    |   5 ++
>  scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig | 126 ++-------------------------
>  security/Kconfig            |   2 +
>  security/Kconfig.hardening  | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 security/Kconfig.hardening
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada



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