linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/Kconfig: Disable KASLR on debug builds

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Message-ID: <20231130193428.GNZWjjxKJ38Ruh7puz@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:34:28 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/Kconfig: Disable KASLR on debug builds

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 11:10:51AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> I know Peter pointed out that there is a runtime switch for this, which
> should make this patch obsolete but in case there is more reasons needed
> for why this might be a bad idea,

Bad idea? Why?

Because they'd have EXPERT enabled and thus disable KASLR by accident
this way?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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