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diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index c17366ce8224..fd1238753cad 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
menu "Kernel hardening options"
-config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
- bool
- help
- While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed
- stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for
- anything passed by reference to another function, under the
- occasionally misguided assumption that the function will do
- the initialization. As this regularly leads to exploitable
- flaws, this plugin is available to identify and zero-initialize
- such variables, depending on the chosen level of coverage.
-
- This plugin was originally ported from grsecurity/PaX. More
- information at:
- * https://grsecurity.net/
- * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
-
menu "Memory initialization"
config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
@@ -36,7 +20,6 @@ config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
choice
prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry"
- default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL if COMPILE_TEST && GCC_PLUGINS
default INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN if COMPILE_TEST && CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
default INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO if CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
default INIT_STACK_NONE
@@ -60,55 +43,6 @@ choice
classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits
and information exposures.
- config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER
- bool "zero-init structs marked for userspace (weak)"
- # Plugin can be removed once the kernel only supports GCC 12+
- depends on GCC_PLUGINS && !CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
- select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
- help
- Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing
- a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of
- uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
- exposures, like CVE-2013-2141:
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca
-
- config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
- bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)"
- # Plugin can be removed once the kernel only supports GCC 12+
- depends on GCC_PLUGINS && !CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
- depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK)
- select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
- help
- Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
- be passed by reference and had not already been
- explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes
- of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
- exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410:
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654
-
- As a side-effect, this keeps a lot of variables on the
- stack that can otherwise be optimized out, so combining
- this with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK can lead to a stack overflow
- and is disallowed.
-
- config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
- bool "zero-init everything passed by reference (very strong)"
- # Plugin can be removed once the kernel only supports GCC 12+
- depends on GCC_PLUGINS && !CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
- depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK)
- select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
- help
- Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
- by reference and had not already been explicitly
- initialized. This is intended to eliminate all classes
- of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
- exposures.
-
- As a side-effect, this keeps a lot of variables on the
- stack that can otherwise be optimized out, so combining
- this with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK can lead to a stack overflow
- and is disallowed.
-
config INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN
bool "pattern-init everything (strongest)"
depends on CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
@@ -148,16 +82,6 @@ choice
endchoice
-config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
- bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
- depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
- depends on !COMPILE_TEST # too noisy
- help
- This option will cause a warning to be printed each time the
- structleak plugin finds a variable it thinks needs to be
- initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
- by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
-
config GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
bool "Poison kernel stack before returning from syscalls"
depends on GCC_PLUGINS