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| author | dcashman <dcashman@google.com> | 2015-10-02 12:52:57 -0700 |
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| committer | Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@google.com> | 2015-10-28 14:31:17 +0000 |
| commit | 565ef50330f97868b8d01b78c7809e453679ba76 (patch) | |
| tree | d2ae195b5e03750ba685a8430f86e0fcdc1f3bbd /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
| parent | 70f767ae180a8b7ab0058145ed5375bc357a39a6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-linaro-stable-565ef50330f97868b8d01b78c7809e453679ba76.tar.gz | |
mm: mmap: Add new /proc tunable for mmap_base ASLR.
ASLR currently only uses 8 bits to generate the random offset for the
mmap base address on 32 bit architectures. This value was chosen to
prevent a poorly chosen value from dividing the address space in such
a way as to prevent large allocations. This may not be an issue on all
platforms. Allow the specification of a minimum number of bits so that
platforms desiring greater ASLR protection may determine where to place
the trade-off.
BUG=24047224
Signed-off-by: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@google.com>
Change-Id: I0aa8f1e416fec848b6817ab861610d8f0eb3beb8
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 57baff5bdb80..62044945a118 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] +- mmap_rnd_bits - modprobe ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt - modules_disabled - msg_next_id [ sysv ipc ] @@ -386,6 +387,19 @@ This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If ============================================================== +mmap_rnd_bits: + +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions +resulting from mmap allocations on architectures which support +tuning address space randomization. This value will be bounded +by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values. + +This value can be changed after boot using the +/proc/sys/kernel/mmap_rnd_bits tunable + +============================================================== + modules_disabled: A toggle value indicating if modules are allowed to be loaded |