From 90dbc54a171ca7fd96c35d2858d30baf5d7c6376 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:36:32 +0100 Subject: ARM: 7816/1: CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS: fix help text commit ac124504ecf6b20a2457d873d0728a8b991a5b0c upstream. Commit f6f91b0d9fd9 ("ARM: allow kuser helpers to be removed from the vector page") introduced some help text for the CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS option which is rather contradictory. Let's fix that, and improve it a little. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index 2950082a531..08c9fe917d1 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -789,15 +789,18 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification. + See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for details. + However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating exploits. If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of - these helpers, then you can turn this option off. However, - when such an binary or library is run, it will receive a SIGILL - signal, which will terminate the program. + these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder + such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library + relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal, + which will terminate the program. Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y. -- cgit v1.2.3