menu "Kernel hardening options" menu "Memory initialization" choice prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry" default INIT_STACK_NONE help This option enables initialization of stack variables at function entry time. This has the possibility to have the greatest coverage (since all functions can have their variables initialized), but the performance impact depends on the function calling complexity of a given workload's syscalls. This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially uninitialized variables. The selected class will be initialized before use in a function. config INIT_STACK_NONE bool "no automatic initialization (weakest)" help Disable automatic stack variable initialization. This leaves the kernel vulnerable to the standard classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information exposures. config INIT_STACK_ALL bool "0xAA-init everything on the stack (strongest)" help Initializes everything on the stack with a 0xAA pattern. This is intended to eliminate all classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information exposures, even variables that were warned to have been left uninitialized. endchoice endmenu endmenu