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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/cfi.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c8
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1d7122a1883e..56e301921d2a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2427,6 +2427,15 @@ config STRICT_SIGALTSTACK_SIZE
Say 'N' unless you want to really enforce this check.
+config CFI_AUTO_DEFAULT
+ bool "Attempt to use FineIBT by default at boot time"
+ depends on FINEIBT
+ default y
+ help
+ Attempt to use FineIBT by default at boot time. If enabled,
+ this is the same as booting with "cfi=auto". If disabled,
+ this is the same as booting with "cfi=kcfi".
+
source "kernel/livepatch/Kconfig"
endmenu
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cfi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cfi.h
index 7cd752557905..31d19c815f99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cfi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cfi.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
*
*/
enum cfi_mode {
- CFI_DEFAULT, /* FineIBT if hardware has IBT, otherwise kCFI */
+ CFI_AUTO, /* FineIBT if hardware has IBT, otherwise kCFI */
CFI_OFF, /* Taditional / IBT depending on .config */
CFI_KCFI, /* Optionally CALL_PADDING, IBT, RETPOLINE */
CFI_FINEIBT, /* see arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 89de61243272..7fcba437abae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -885,8 +885,8 @@ void __init_or_module apply_seal_endbr(s32 *start, s32 *end) { }
#endif /* CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT */
-#ifdef CONFIG_FINEIBT
-#define __CFI_DEFAULT CFI_DEFAULT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CFI_AUTO_DEFAULT
+#define __CFI_DEFAULT CFI_AUTO
#elif defined(CONFIG_CFI_CLANG)
#define __CFI_DEFAULT CFI_KCFI
#else
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static __init int cfi_parse_cmdline(char *str)
}
if (!strcmp(str, "auto")) {
- cfi_mode = CFI_DEFAULT;
+ cfi_mode = CFI_AUTO;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "off")) {
cfi_mode = CFI_OFF;
cfi_rand = false;
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static void __apply_fineibt(s32 *start_retpoline, s32 *end_retpoline,
"FineIBT preamble wrong size: %ld", fineibt_preamble_size))
return;
- if (cfi_mode == CFI_DEFAULT) {
+ if (cfi_mode == CFI_AUTO) {
cfi_mode = CFI_KCFI;
if (HAS_KERNEL_IBT && cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_IBT))
cfi_mode = CFI_FINEIBT;