linux-kernel - [tip:core/debug] Kconfig: Make STRICT

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Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:56:47 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Kees Cook <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        will.deacon@....com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        labbott@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [tip:core/debug] Kconfig: Make STRICT_DEVMEM default-y on x86 and
 arm64

Commit-ID:  0f7cda2b824bb2afe0d75716a8664117fa03f5e0
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/0f7cda2b824bb2afe0d75716a8664117fa03f5e0
Author:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 12:10:00 -0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:41:26 +0100

Kconfig: Make STRICT_DEVMEM default-y on x86 and arm64

Distros have been shipping with CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM=y for years now. It
is probably time to flip this default for x86 and arm64.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Acked-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171201201000.GA44539@beast
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 lib/Kconfig.debug | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 947d3e2..39b123d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ config STRICT_DEVMEM
 	bool "Filter access to /dev/mem"
 	depends on MMU && DEVMEM
 	depends on ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
-	default y if TILE || PPC
+	default y if TILE || PPC || X86 || ARM64
 	---help---
 	  If this option is disabled, you allow userspace (root) access to all
 	  of memory, including kernel and userspace memory. Accidental