Re: [PATCH] x86/vsyscall: Remove CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE

[Florian Weimer]

* Kees Cook:

> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 10:38:53AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE is, as far as I know, only needed for the
>> combined use of exotic and outdated debugging mechanisms with outdated
>> binaries.  At this point, no one should be using it.  We would like to
>> implement dynamic switching of vsyscalls, but this is much more
>> complicated to support in EMULATE mode than XONLY mode.
>> 
>> So let's force all the distros off of EMULATE mode.  If anyone actually
>> needs it, they can set vsyscall=emulate, and we can then get away with
>> refusing to support newer security models if that option is set.
>> 
>> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sounds legit! Can we switch the default to "none" while we're at it?

I think that's a userspace ABI break?

I do not have a *very* strong opinion about this.  For one thing, it
would be handy example to have that such deliberate  do actually
happen. 8-)

Thanks,
Florian