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diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 69bf31062ca4..6dbeb273afc6 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2367,6 +2367,19 @@ config SECCOMP If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here. +config CC_STACKPROTECTOR + bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)" + help + This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This + feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on + the stack just before the return address, and validates + the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer + overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also + overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then + neutralized via a kernel panic. + + This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above. + config USE_OF bool select OF |