Merge tag 'gcc-plugins-v4.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / arch / Kconfig

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 2520ca5b42eb9b797b546744da86f5eb35e37ada..1aafb4efbb51dfea8c5639f2bd68379c930825d4 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -458,6 +458,13 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
           * https://grsecurity.net/
           * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
 
+config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
+       bool "Force initialize all struct type variables passed by reference"
+       depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
+       help
+         Zero initialize any struct type local variable that may be passed by
+         reference without having been initialized.
+
 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
        bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
        depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
@@ -473,11 +480,13 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT
        depends on GCC_PLUGINS
        select MODVERSIONS if MODULES
        help
-         If you say Y here, the layouts of structures explicitly
-         marked by __randomize_layout will be randomized at
-         compile-time.  This can introduce the requirement of an
-         additional information exposure vulnerability for exploits
-         targeting these structure types.
+         If you say Y here, the layouts of structures that are entirely
+         function pointers (and have not been manually annotated with
+         __no_randomize_layout), or structures that have been explicitly
+         marked with __randomize_layout, will be randomized at compile-time.
+         This can introduce the requirement of an additional information
+         exposure vulnerability for exploits targeting these structure
+         types.
 
          Enabling this feature will introduce some performance impact,
          slightly increase memory usage, and prevent the use of forensic