Re: [PATCH 0/2] make kASLR vs hibernation boot-time selectable

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Jun 12 2014 - 15:55:40 EST


On Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:48:50 PM H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/12/2014 12:46 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Distros want to be able to offer CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE as well as
> > CONFIG_HIBERNATION in a single kernel. Instead of making kASLR depend on
> > !HIBERNATION at compile time, allow kaslr to be selectable at boot time
> > (via "kaslr" kernel command line), which will disable hibernation in the
> > kernel. In this way the end user can choose which feature they want more
> > with hibernation continuing to stay enabled by default (no surprises).
>
> Any way we can make them work together instead?

Yeah, and that too.

Rafael

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