X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=security%2FKconfig;h=49b51f964897dcb7133be9b58f1b936462bb6309;hb=6910c1368104d50e6b6afc6c8b7e9d1670a374e7;hp=389e151e3b68e832d7b63b9623e10098d6d2e03b;hpb=6232665040f9a23fafd9d94d4ae8d5a2dc850f65;p=~andy%2Flinux diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 389e151e3b6..49b51f96489 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -104,7 +104,28 @@ config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. +config SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR + int "Low address space to protect from user allocation" + depends on SECURITY + default 0 + help + This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected + from userspace allocation. Keeping a user from writing to low pages + can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs. + + For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space + a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems. + On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768. + Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional + permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have + this protection disabled. + + This value can be changed after boot using the + /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable. + + source security/selinux/Kconfig +source security/smack/Kconfig endmenu