1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 # This config refers to the generic KASAN mode.
7 config HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_SW_TAGS
10 config HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_HW_TAGS
13 config HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
16 config ARCH_DISABLE_KASAN_INLINE
19 Disables both inline and stack instrumentation. Selected by
20 architectures that do not support these instrumentation types.
22 config CC_HAS_KASAN_GENERIC
23 def_bool $(cc-option, -fsanitize=kernel-address)
25 config CC_HAS_KASAN_SW_TAGS
26 def_bool $(cc-option, -fsanitize=kernel-hwaddress)
28 # This option is only required for software KASAN modes.
29 # Old GCC versions do not have proper support for no_sanitize_address.
30 # See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89124 for details.
31 config CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS
32 def_bool !CC_IS_GCC || GCC_VERSION >= 80300
35 bool "KASAN: dynamic memory safety error detector"
36 depends on (((HAVE_ARCH_KASAN && CC_HAS_KASAN_GENERIC) || \
37 (HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_SW_TAGS && CC_HAS_KASAN_SW_TAGS)) && \
38 CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS) || \
39 HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_HW_TAGS
40 depends on (SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY) || (SLAB && !DEBUG_SLAB)
41 select STACKDEPOT_ALWAYS_INIT
43 Enables KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) - a dynamic memory safety
44 error detector designed to find out-of-bounds and use-after-free bugs.
46 See Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst for details.
48 For better error reports, also enable CONFIG_STACKTRACE.
52 config CC_HAS_KASAN_MEMINTRINSIC_PREFIX
53 def_bool (CC_IS_CLANG && $(cc-option,-fsanitize=kernel-address -mllvm -asan-kernel-mem-intrinsic-prefix=1)) || \
54 (CC_IS_GCC && $(cc-option,-fsanitize=kernel-address --param asan-kernel-mem-intrinsic-prefix=1))
55 # Don't define it if we don't need it: compilation of the test uses
56 # this variable to decide how the compiler should treat builtins.
57 depends on !KASAN_HW_TAGS
59 The compiler is able to prefix memintrinsics with __asan or __hwasan.
65 KASAN has three modes:
67 1. Generic KASAN (supported by many architectures, enabled with
68 CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC, similar to userspace ASan),
69 2. Software Tag-Based KASAN (arm64 only, based on software memory
70 tagging, enabled with CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS, similar to userspace
72 3. Hardware Tag-Based KASAN (arm64 only, based on hardware memory
73 tagging, enabled with CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS).
75 See Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst for details about each mode.
79 depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN && CC_HAS_KASAN_GENERIC
80 depends on CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS
81 select SLUB_DEBUG if SLUB
84 Enables Generic KASAN.
86 Requires GCC 8.3.0+ or Clang.
88 Consumes about 1/8th of available memory at kernel start and adds an
89 overhead of ~50% for dynamic allocations.
90 The performance slowdown is ~x3.
92 (Incompatible with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB: the kernel does not boot.)
95 bool "Software Tag-Based KASAN"
96 depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_SW_TAGS && CC_HAS_KASAN_SW_TAGS
97 depends on CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS
98 select SLUB_DEBUG if SLUB
101 Enables Software Tag-Based KASAN.
103 Requires GCC 11+ or Clang.
105 Supported only on arm64 CPUs and relies on Top Byte Ignore.
107 Consumes about 1/16th of available memory at kernel start and
108 add an overhead of ~20% for dynamic allocations.
110 May potentially introduce problems related to pointer casting and
111 comparison, as it embeds a tag into the top byte of each pointer.
113 (Incompatible with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB: the kernel does not boot.)
116 bool "Hardware Tag-Based KASAN"
117 depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_HW_TAGS
120 Enables Hardware Tag-Based KASAN.
122 Requires GCC 10+ or Clang 12+.
124 Supported only on arm64 CPUs starting from ARMv8.5 and relies on
125 Memory Tagging Extension and Top Byte Ignore.
127 Consumes about 1/32nd of available memory.
129 May potentially introduce problems related to pointer casting and
130 comparison, as it embeds a tag into the top byte of each pointer.
135 prompt "Instrumentation type"
136 depends on KASAN_GENERIC || KASAN_SW_TAGS
137 default KASAN_OUTLINE
140 bool "Outline instrumentation"
142 Makes the compiler insert function calls that check whether the memory
143 is accessible before each memory access. Slower than KASAN_INLINE, but
144 does not bloat the size of the kernel's .text section so much.
147 bool "Inline instrumentation"
148 depends on !ARCH_DISABLE_KASAN_INLINE
150 Makes the compiler directly insert memory accessibility checks before
151 each memory access. Faster than KASAN_OUTLINE (gives ~x2 boost for
152 some workloads), but makes the kernel's .text size much bigger.
157 bool "Stack instrumentation (unsafe)" if CC_IS_CLANG && !COMPILE_TEST
158 depends on KASAN_GENERIC || KASAN_SW_TAGS
159 depends on !ARCH_DISABLE_KASAN_INLINE
160 default y if CC_IS_GCC
162 Disables stack instrumentation and thus KASAN's ability to detect
163 out-of-bounds bugs in stack variables.
165 With Clang, stack instrumentation has a problem that causes excessive
166 stack usage, see https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38809. Thus,
167 with Clang, this option is deemed unsafe.
169 This option is always disabled when compile-testing with Clang to
170 avoid cluttering the log with stack overflow warnings.
172 With GCC, enabling stack instrumentation is assumed to be safe.
174 If the architecture disables inline instrumentation via
175 ARCH_DISABLE_KASAN_INLINE, stack instrumentation gets disabled
176 as well, as it adds inline-style instrumentation that is run
180 bool "Check accesses to vmalloc allocations"
181 depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
183 Makes KASAN check the validity of accesses to vmalloc allocations.
185 With software KASAN modes, all types vmalloc allocations are
186 checked. Enabling this option leads to higher memory usage.
188 With Hardware Tag-Based KASAN, only non-executable VM_ALLOC mappings
189 are checked. There is no additional memory usage.
191 config KASAN_KUNIT_TEST
192 tristate "KUnit-compatible tests of KASAN bug detection capabilities" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
193 depends on KASAN && KUNIT && TRACEPOINTS
194 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
196 A KUnit-based KASAN test suite. Triggers different kinds of
197 out-of-bounds and use-after-free accesses. Useful for testing whether
198 KASAN can detect certain bug types.
200 For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, please refer
201 to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
203 config KASAN_MODULE_TEST
204 tristate "KUnit-incompatible tests of KASAN bug detection capabilities"
205 depends on m && KASAN && !KASAN_HW_TAGS
207 A part of the KASAN test suite that is not integrated with KUnit.
208 Incompatible with Hardware Tag-Based KASAN.