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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2bbbd4d1ba31..5a72c98e60bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config X86_32
select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
select OLD_SIGACTION
+ select GENERIC_VDSO_32
config X86_64
def_bool y
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ config X86
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+ select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
select HARDLOCKUP_CHECK_TIMESTAMP if X86_64
select HAVE_ACPI_APEI if ACPI
select HAVE_ACPI_APEI_NMI if ACPI
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
+ select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
select HOTPLUG_SMT if SMP
select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
@@ -217,6 +220,7 @@ config X86
select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
select VIRT_TO_BUS
select X86_FEATURE_NAMES if PROC_FS
+ select PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS if PROC_FS
config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
def_bool y
@@ -781,6 +785,9 @@ config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
+config X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
+ def_bool n
+
source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
config KVM_GUEST
@@ -832,6 +839,17 @@ config JAILHOUSE_GUEST
cell. You can leave this option disabled if you only want to start
Jailhouse and run Linux afterwards in the root cell.
+config ACRN_GUEST
+ bool "ACRN Guest support"
+ depends on X86_64
+ select X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR
+ help
+ This option allows to run Linux as guest in the ACRN hypervisor. ACRN is
+ a flexible, lightweight reference open-source hypervisor, built with
+ real-time and safety-criticality in mind. It is built for embedded
+ IOT with small footprint and real-time features. More details can be
+ found in https://projectacrn.org/.
+
endif #HYPERVISOR_GUEST
source "arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu"
@@ -2285,7 +2303,7 @@ config COMPAT_VDSO
choice
prompt "vsyscall table for legacy applications"
depends on X86_64
- default LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE
+ default LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY
help
Legacy user code that does not know how to find the vDSO expects
to be able to issue three syscalls by calling fixed addresses in
@@ -2293,23 +2311,38 @@ choice
it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation.
This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command
- line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|none].
+ line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|xonly|none].
On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no
static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty
to improve security.
- If unsure, select "Emulate".
+ If unsure, select "Emulate execution only".
config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE
- bool "Emulate"
+ bool "Full emulation"
+ help
+ The kernel traps and emulates calls into the fixed vsyscall
+ address mapping. This makes the mapping non-executable, but
+ it still contains readable known contents, which could be
+ used in certain rare security vulnerability exploits. This
+ configuration is recommended when using legacy userspace
+ that still uses vsyscalls along with legacy binary
+ instrumentation tools that require code to be readable.
+
+ An example of this type of legacy userspace is running
+ Pin on an old binary that still uses vsyscalls.
+
+ config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY
+ bool "Emulate execution only"
help
- The kernel traps and emulates calls into the fixed
- vsyscall address mapping. This makes the mapping
- non-executable, but it still contains known contents,
- which could be used in certain rare security vulnerability
- exploits. This configuration is recommended when userspace
- still uses the vsyscall area.
+ The kernel traps and emulates calls into the fixed vsyscall
+ address mapping and does not allow reads. This
+ configuration is recommended when userspace might use the
+ legacy vsyscall area but support for legacy binary
+ instrumentation of legacy code is not needed. It mitigates
+ certain uses of the vsyscall area as an ASLR-bypassing
+ buffer.
config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
bool "None"