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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:45:31 +0530
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
P J P <pjp@...oraproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/1] Zero initialise kernel stack variables
From: P J P <pjp@...oraproject.org>
Hello,
Please see:
-> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-06/msg00615.html
This experimental patch by Florian Weimer(CC'd) adds an option
'-finit-local-vars' to gcc(1) compiler. When a program(or kernel)
is built using this option, its automatic(local) variables are
initialised with zero(0). This could significantly reduce the kernel
information leakage issues.
A dnf(8) repository of the latest gcc-7.3.1 package built with the above
patch and kernel-4.15.5 package built using '-finit-local-vars' option
on Fedora-27 is available below
-> https://pjp.fedorapeople.org/init-vars/
This same kernel is running on my F27 test machine as I write this.
There is no slowness or notice-able performance impact as such.
The patch here adds a kbuild menu option to enable/disable '-finit-local-vars'
compiler flag while building the Linux kernel.
I'd appreciate your review and/or inputs to test this option further.
Thank you.
--
Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team (1):
Add an option to build kernel with -finit-local-vars
Makefile | 4 ++++
lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
--
2.14.3
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