x86/Kconfig: Enable kernel IBT by default
The kernel IBT defense strongly mitigates the common "first step" of ROP attacks, by eliminating arbitrary stack pivots (that appear either at the end of a function or in immediate values), which cannot be reached if indirect calls must be to marked function entry addresses. IBT is also required to be enabled to gain the FineIBT feature when built with Kernel Control Flow Integrity. Additionally, given that this feature is runtime enabled via CPU ID, it clearly should be built in by default; it will only be enabled if the CPU supports it. The build takes 2 seconds longer, which seems a small price to pay for gaining this coverage by default. Suggested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221101172503.gonna.094-kees@kernel.org
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