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In addition to -ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern (used by CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL now) Clang also supports zero initialization for locals enabled by -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero. The future of this flag is still being debated (see https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45497). Right now it is guarded by another flag, -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang, which means it may not be supported by future Clang releases. Another possible resolution is that -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero will persist (as certain users have already started depending on it), but the name of the guard flag will change. In the meantime, zero initialization has proven itself as a good production mitigation measure against uninitialized locals. Unlike pattern initialization, which has a higher chance of triggering existing bugs, zero initialization provides safe defaults for strings, pointers, indexes, and sizes. On the other hand, pattern initialization remains safer for return values. Chrome OS and Android are moving to using zero initialization for production builds. Performance-wise, the difference between pattern and zero initialization is usually negligible, although the generated code for zero initialization is more compact. This patch renames CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL to CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN and introduces another config option, CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO, that enables zero initialization for locals if the corresponding flags are supported by Clang. Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200616083435.223038-1-glider@google.com Reviewed-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@google.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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menu "Kernel hardening options"
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config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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bool
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help
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While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed
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stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for
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anything passed by reference to another function, under the
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occasionally misguided assumption that the function will do
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the initialization. As this regularly leads to exploitable
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flaws, this plugin is available to identify and zero-initialize
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such variables, depending on the chosen level of coverage.
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This plugin was originally ported from grsecurity/PaX. More
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information at:
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* https://grsecurity.net/
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* https://pax.grsecurity.net/
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menu "Memory initialization"
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config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
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def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern)
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config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
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def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang)
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choice
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prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry"
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default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL if COMPILE_TEST && GCC_PLUGINS
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default INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN if COMPILE_TEST && CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
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default INIT_STACK_NONE
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help
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This option enables initialization of stack variables at
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function entry time. This has the possibility to have the
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greatest coverage (since all functions can have their
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variables initialized), but the performance impact depends
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on the function calling complexity of a given workload's
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syscalls.
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This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially
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uninitialized variables. The selected class will be
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initialized before use in a function.
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config INIT_STACK_NONE
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bool "no automatic initialization (weakest)"
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help
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Disable automatic stack variable initialization.
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This leaves the kernel vulnerable to the standard
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classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits
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and information exposures.
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config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER
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bool "zero-init structs marked for userspace (weak)"
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depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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help
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Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing
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a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of
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uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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exposures, like CVE-2013-2141:
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https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca
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config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
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bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)"
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depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK=1)
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select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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help
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Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
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be passed by reference and had not already been
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explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes
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of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410:
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https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654
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As a side-effect, this keeps a lot of variables on the
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stack that can otherwise be optimized out, so combining
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this with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK can lead to a stack overflow
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and is disallowed.
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config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
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bool "zero-init anything passed by reference (very strong)"
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depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK=1)
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select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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help
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Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
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by reference and had not already been explicitly
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initialized. This is intended to eliminate all classes
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of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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exposures.
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config INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN
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bool "0xAA-init everything on the stack (strongest)"
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depends on CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
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help
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Initializes everything on the stack with a 0xAA
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pattern. This is intended to eliminate all classes
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of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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exposures, even variables that were warned to have been
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left uninitialized.
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Pattern initialization is known to provoke many existing bugs
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related to uninitialized locals, e.g. pointers receive
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non-NULL values, buffer sizes and indices are very big.
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config INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO
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bool "zero-init everything on the stack (strongest and safest)"
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depends on CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
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help
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Initializes everything on the stack with a zero
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value. This is intended to eliminate all classes
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of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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exposures, even variables that were warned to have been
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left uninitialized.
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Zero initialization provides safe defaults for strings,
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pointers, indices and sizes, and is therefore
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more suitable as a security mitigation measure.
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endchoice
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config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
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bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
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depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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depends on !COMPILE_TEST # too noisy
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help
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This option will cause a warning to be printed each time the
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structleak plugin finds a variable it thinks needs to be
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initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
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by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
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config GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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bool "Poison kernel stack before returning from syscalls"
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depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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depends on HAVE_ARCH_STACKLEAK
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help
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This option makes the kernel erase the kernel stack before
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returning from system calls. This has the effect of leaving
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the stack initialized to the poison value, which both reduces
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the lifetime of any sensitive stack contents and reduces
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potential for uninitialized stack variable exploits or information
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exposures (it does not cover functions reaching the same stack
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depth as prior functions during the same syscall). This blocks
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most uninitialized stack variable attacks, with the performance
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impact being driven by the depth of the stack usage, rather than
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the function calling complexity.
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The performance impact on a single CPU system kernel compilation
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sees a 1% slowdown, other systems and workloads may vary and you
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are advised to test this feature on your expected workload before
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deploying it.
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This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
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* https://grsecurity.net/
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* https://pax.grsecurity.net/
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config STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE
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int "Minimum stack frame size of functions tracked by STACKLEAK"
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default 100
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range 0 4096
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depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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help
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The STACKLEAK gcc plugin instruments the kernel code for tracking
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the lowest border of the kernel stack (and for some other purposes).
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It inserts the stackleak_track_stack() call for the functions with
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a stack frame size greater than or equal to this parameter.
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If unsure, leave the default value 100.
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config STACKLEAK_METRICS
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bool "Show STACKLEAK metrics in the /proc file system"
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depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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depends on PROC_FS
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help
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If this is set, STACKLEAK metrics for every task are available in
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the /proc file system. In particular, /proc/<pid>/stack_depth
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shows the maximum kernel stack consumption for the current and
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previous syscalls. Although this information is not precise, it
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can be useful for estimating the STACKLEAK performance impact for
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your workloads.
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config STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE
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bool "Allow runtime disabling of kernel stack erasing"
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depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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help
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This option provides 'stack_erasing' sysctl, which can be used in
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runtime to control kernel stack erasing for kernels built with
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CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK.
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config INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON
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bool "Enable heap memory zeroing on allocation by default"
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help
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This has the effect of setting "init_on_alloc=1" on the kernel
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command line. This can be disabled with "init_on_alloc=0".
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When "init_on_alloc" is enabled, all page allocator and slab
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allocator memory will be zeroed when allocated, eliminating
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many kinds of "uninitialized heap memory" flaws, especially
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heap content exposures. The performance impact varies by
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workload, but most cases see <1% impact. Some synthetic
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workloads have measured as high as 7%.
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config INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
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bool "Enable heap memory zeroing on free by default"
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help
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This has the effect of setting "init_on_free=1" on the kernel
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command line. This can be disabled with "init_on_free=0".
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Similar to "init_on_alloc", when "init_on_free" is enabled,
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all page allocator and slab allocator memory will be zeroed
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when freed, eliminating many kinds of "uninitialized heap memory"
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flaws, especially heap content exposures. The primary difference
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with "init_on_free" is that data lifetime in memory is reduced,
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as anything freed is wiped immediately, making live forensics or
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cold boot memory attacks unable to recover freed memory contents.
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The performance impact varies by workload, but is more expensive
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than "init_on_alloc" due to the negative cache effects of
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touching "cold" memory areas. Most cases see 3-5% impact. Some
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synthetic workloads have measured as high as 8%.
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endmenu
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endmenu
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