Thread (29 messages) 29 messages, 5 authors, 2021-04-28

Re: [PATCH v26 1/9] x86/cet/ibt: Add Kconfig option for Indirect Branch Tracking

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2021-04-28 20:29:28
Also in: linux-arch, linux-doc, linux-mm, lkml

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 01:47:12PM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) provides protection against CALL-/JMP-
oriented programming attacks.  It is active when the kernel has this
feature enabled, and the processor and the application support it.
When this feature is enabled, legacy non-IBT applications continue to
work, but without IBT protection.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

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Kees Cook
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