X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=security%2FKconfig;h=49b51f964897dcb7133be9b58f1b936462bb6309;hb=13a6ddb08e58a1bd344da7898c4e2f13bdf18c2f;hp=8086e61058e373e68054dd166be2e942f4db2e4c;hpb=81f8320f624a785d77443ace83391d0fdee695f6;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 8086e61058..49b51f9648 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM config SECURITY_CAPABILITIES bool "Default Linux Capabilities" depends on SECURITY + default y help This enables the "default" Linux capabilities functionality. If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y. @@ -103,7 +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