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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-25 15:55:03 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-25 15:55:03 -0700 |
| commit | 75467f60a3d14f08f86f2b353298d2826382ff23 (patch) | |
| tree | acd8a7d5b5a675042449386efa5b42ec44d8bf81 /lib/Kconfig.kfence | |
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Merge tag 'ipe-pr-20260925' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wufan/ipegrafted
Pull IPE fixes from Fan Wu:
"Two fixes for use-after-free issues found by recent LLM-assisted code
analysis.
- move successful policy load auditing under the new policy
directory's inode lock, preventing a concurrent policy deletion
from freeing the policy while it is still being audited
- protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU, preventing policy
evaluation from racing with root hash replacement during preresume"
* tag 'ipe-pr-20260925' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wufan/ipe:
ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU
ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.kfence')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.kfence | 99 |
1 files changed, 99 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kfence b/lib/Kconfig.kfence new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6fbbebec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kfence @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +config HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE + bool + +menuconfig KFENCE + bool "KFENCE: low-overhead sampling-based memory safety error detector" + depends on HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE + select STACKTRACE + select IRQ_WORK + help + KFENCE is a low-overhead sampling-based detector of heap out-of-bounds + access, use-after-free, and invalid-free errors. KFENCE is designed + to have negligible cost to permit enabling it in production + environments. + + See <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst> for more details. + + Note that, KFENCE is not a substitute for explicit testing with tools + such as KASAN. KFENCE can detect a subset of bugs that KASAN can + detect, albeit at very different performance profiles. If you can + afford to use KASAN, continue using KASAN, for example in test + environments. If your kernel targets production use, and cannot + enable KASAN due to its cost, consider using KFENCE. + +if KFENCE + +config KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL + int "Default sample interval in milliseconds" + default 100 + help + The KFENCE sample interval determines the frequency with which heap + allocations will be guarded by KFENCE. May be overridden via boot + parameter "kfence.sample_interval". + + Set this to 0 to disable KFENCE by default, in which case only + setting "kfence.sample_interval" to a non-zero value enables KFENCE. + +config KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS + int "Number of guarded objects available" + range 1 65535 + default 255 + help + The number of guarded objects available. For each KFENCE object, 2 + pages are required; with one containing the object and two adjacent + ones used as guard pages. + +config KFENCE_DEFERRABLE + bool "Use a deferrable timer to trigger allocations" + help + Use a deferrable timer to trigger allocations. This avoids forcing + CPU wake-ups if the system is idle, at the risk of a less predictable + sample interval. + + Warning: The KUnit test suite fails with this option enabled - due to + the unpredictability of the sample interval! + + Say N if you are unsure. + +config KFENCE_STATIC_KEYS + bool "Use static keys to set up allocations" if EXPERT + depends on JUMP_LABEL + help + Use static keys (static branches) to set up KFENCE allocations. This + option is only recommended when using very large sample intervals, or + performance has carefully been evaluated with this option. + + Using static keys comes with trade-offs that need to be carefully + evaluated given target workloads and system architectures. Notably, + enabling and disabling static keys invoke IPI broadcasts, the latency + and impact of which is much harder to predict than a dynamic branch. + + Say N if you are unsure. + +config KFENCE_STRESS_TEST_FAULTS + int "Stress testing of fault handling and error reporting" if EXPERT + default 0 + help + The inverse probability with which to randomly protect KFENCE object + pages, resulting in spurious use-after-frees. The main purpose of + this option is to stress test KFENCE with concurrent error reports + and allocations/frees. A value of 0 disables stress testing logic. + + Only for KFENCE testing; set to 0 if you are not a KFENCE developer. + +config KFENCE_KUNIT_TEST + tristate "KFENCE integration test suite" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS + default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS + depends on TRACEPOINTS && KUNIT + help + Test suite for KFENCE, testing various error detection scenarios with + various allocation types, and checking that reports are correctly + output to console. + + Say Y here if you want the test to be built into the kernel and run + during boot; say M if you want the test to build as a module; say N + if you are unsure. + +endif # KFENCE |
