X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=security%2FKconfig;h=5dfc206748cfbd76f2e1f3114515aba7294cf67c;hb=ac7c5353b189e10cf5dd27399f64f7b013abffc6;hp=389e151e3b68e832d7b63b9623e10098d6d2e03b;hpb=f71ea9ddf0ff110f3fcbb89a46686bfba264014c;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 389e151e3b..5dfc206748 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -104,7 +104,26 @@ 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 users with lots of address space a value of 65536 is + reasonable and should cause no problems. 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