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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 6b6e9f89e40a..c8471cf46cbb 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -734,15 +734,14 @@ config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER 4M allocations matching the default size used by generic code. config UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 - bool "Unmap kernel when running in userspace (aka \"KAISER\")" + bool "Unmap kernel when running in userspace (aka \"KAISER\")" if EXPERT default y help - Some attacks against KASLR make use of the timing difference between - a permission fault which could arise from a page table entry that is - present in the TLB, and a translation fault which always requires a - page table walk. This option defends against these attacks by unmapping - the kernel whilst running in userspace, therefore forcing translation - faults for all of kernel space. + Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors can + be used to bypass MMU permission checks and leak kernel data to + userspace. This can be defended against by unmapping the kernel + when running in userspace, mapping it back in on exception entry + via a trampoline page in the vector table. If unsure, say Y. |