Re: [PATCH] arm64: update RANDOMIZE_MODULE_REGION_FULL config description

[Will Deacon]

On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:08:55PM -0800, youngjun wrote:
> module randomization is reduced. (range to 2 GB)
> RANDOMIZE_MODULE_REGION_FULL config description is not updated.
> update RANDOMIZE_MODULE_REGION_FULL config description.
> 
> Signed-off-by: youngjun <her0gyugyu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

This looks like the same patch as the one I reviewed here:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201109112705.GC14356@willie-the-truck

but the commit message isn't a lot better. Please could you (or Ross)
post a version with a fixed commit message?

Thanks,

Will

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index 1515f6f153a0..0da551828a59 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -1804,11 +1804,11 @@ config RANDOMIZE_BASE
>  	  If unsure, say N.
>  
>  config RANDOMIZE_MODULE_REGION_FULL
> -	bool "Randomize the module region over a 4 GB range"
> +	bool "Randomize the module region over a 2 GB range"
>  	depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE
>  	default y
>  	help
> -	  Randomizes the location of the module region inside a 4 GB window
> +	  Randomizes the location of the module region inside a 2 GB window
>  	  covering the core kernel. This way, it is less likely for modules
>  	  to leak information about the location of core kernel data structures
>  	  but it does imply that function calls between modules and the core
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>