linux/Documentation
Kees Cook 9f8036643d doc: self-protection: provide initial details
This document attempts to codify the intent around kernel self-protection
along with discussion of both existing and desired technologies, with
attention given to the rationale behind them, and the expectations of
their usage.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
[jc: applied fixes suggested by Randy]
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-05-17 16:24:52 -06:00
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ABI Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
DocBook Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
EDID
PCI
RCU Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
accounting Documentation-getdelays: Apply a recommendation from "checkpatch.pl" in main() 2015-12-24 07:22:32 -07:00
acpi
aoe
arm Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
arm64 arm64: Add workaround for Cavium erratum 27456 2016-02-26 15:14:27 +00:00
auxdisplay
backlight
blackfin
block Documentation: update missing index files in block/00-INDEX 2016-03-31 00:44:26 -06:00
blockdev cpqarray: remove it from the kernel 2016-03-14 09:06:01 -06:00
bus-devices
cdrom
cgroup-v1 Documentation/memcg: update kmem limit doc as codes behavior 2016-05-14 10:12:45 -06:00
cma
connector samples: connector: from Documentation to samples directory 2016-04-28 07:47:35 -06:00
console
cpu-freq Documentation: cpufreq: intel_pstate: fix typo 2016-02-18 20:31:53 +01:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto crypto: doc - Use ahash 2016-02-06 15:33:11 +08:00
development-process
device-mapper dm cache: make the 'mq' policy an alias for 'smq' 2016-03-10 17:12:08 -05:00
devicetree Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
dmaengine Merge branch 'topic/async' into for-linus 2016-01-06 15:17:47 +05:30
driver-model Documentation: devres: Add missing INPUT function 2016-04-28 07:16:54 -06:00
dvb [media] media: change email address 2016-01-25 12:01:08 -02:00
early-userspace
extcon
fault-injection net: Add support for CHANGEUPPER notifier error injection 2015-12-03 11:49:23 -05:00
fb
features arm64 updates for 4.6: 2016-03-17 20:03:47 -07:00
filesystems Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
firmware_class Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
fmc
fpga
frv
gpio gpio: documenatation: fix GPIO_LOOKUP{,_IDX} documentation 2016-02-25 16:01:51 +01:00
hid
hwmon Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
i2c Doc: i2c: Fix typo in Documentation/i2c 2016-02-10 13:12:14 -07:00
ia64
ide
iio iio: Documentation: Add IIO configfs documentation 2015-12-03 18:19:28 +00:00
infiniband Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
input
ioctl gpio: uapi: use 0xB4 as ioctl() major 2016-03-10 16:02:52 +07:00
isdn isdn: i4l: move active-isdn drivers to staging 2016-03-05 15:00:38 -08:00
ja_JP Documentatio: HOWTO: remove regression postings info from translations 2016-04-16 10:49:08 -06:00
kbuild
kdump
ko_KR Documentation: HOWTO: update git home URL in translations 2016-04-16 10:49:18 -06:00
laptops Documentation: laptops: fix spelling mistake 2016-04-28 07:21:48 -06:00
leds Documentation: leds: Add description of brightness setting API 2016-01-04 09:57:31 +01:00
locking
m68k
memory-devices
metag
mic Char/Misc patches for 4.6-rc1 2016-03-17 13:47:50 -07:00
mips
misc-devices Merge char-misc-next into staging-next 2016-02-22 14:46:24 -08:00
mmc Documentation: mmc: Add the introduction for mmc-utils 2016-03-31 00:54:22 -06:00
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel
networking Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
nfc
nios2
nvdimm
nvmem
parisc
pcmcia
phy
platform
power Merge branches 'pm-pci' and 'pm-core' 2016-01-12 01:10:52 +01:00
powerpc cxl: Support to flash a new image on the adapter from a guest 2016-03-09 23:39:56 +11:00
pps Documentation: pps: fix spelling mistake 2016-04-28 07:23:59 -06:00
prctl Documentation: Fix int/unsigned int comparison 2016-02-17 14:09:43 -07:00
pti
ptp Another relatively boring cycle for the docs tree: typo fixes, translation 2016-03-17 12:09:35 -07:00
rapidio rapidio: add mport char device driver 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
s390
scheduler
scsi Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
security doc: self-protection: provide initial details 2016-05-17 16:24:52 -06:00
serial serial: doc: Use port->state instead of info 2016-05-14 10:18:25 -06:00
sh
sound Merge branch 'topic/hda-mst' into for-next 2016-02-10 09:25:15 +01:00
spi
sysctl Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-03-18 19:26:54 -07:00
target target/user: Report capability of handling out-of-order completions to userspace 2016-03-10 21:49:09 -08:00
thermal thermal: doc: Add details of devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_{register,unregister} 2016-03-09 10:51:41 -08:00
timers Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
tpm
trace x86, tracing, perf: Add trace point for MSR accesses 2015-12-06 12:56:10 +01:00
usb doc: usb: Fix typo in gadget_multi documentation 2016-04-15 15:45:19 -06:00
vDSO
video4linux Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
virtual One of the largest releases for KVM... Hardly any generic improvement, 2016-03-16 09:55:35 -07:00
vm Documentation: vm: Spelling s/paltform/platform/g 2016-05-14 10:15:10 -06:00
w1
watchdog Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog 2016-03-19 19:35:51 -07:00
wimax
x86 Documentation: x86: fix spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:44:48 -06:00
xtensa
zh_CN Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/booting.txt 2016-04-28 07:15:36 -06:00
00-INDEX
BUG-HUNTING
Changes
CodeOfConflict
CodingStyle Documentation/CodingStyle: add space before parenthesis in example macro 2016-01-25 12:36:28 -07:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt dma-mapping: always provide the dma_map_ops based implementation 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
DMA-API.txt DMA-API: fix confusing sentence in Documentation/DMA-API.txt 2016-01-11 18:29:00 -07:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
DMA-attributes.txt ARM: 8506/1: common: DMA-mapping: add DMA_ATTR_ALLOC_SINGLE_PAGES attribute 2016-02-11 15:33:38 +00:00
HOWTO Documentation: Howto: Fixed subtitles style 2016-03-09 15:30:03 -07:00
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt: Document irq_domain_create_{linear, tree} 2016-03-31 00:32:59 -06:00
IRQ.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt iommu/vt-d: Fix link to Intel IOMMU Specification 2016-01-29 12:32:12 +01:00
Makefile samples: v4l: from Documentation to samples directory 2016-04-28 07:47:59 -06:00
ManagementStyle
SAK.txt
SM501.txt
SecurityBugs
SubmitChecklist
SubmittingDrivers
SubmittingPatches SubmittingPatches: fix spelling of "git send-email" 2016-01-25 12:30:18 -07:00
VGA-softcursor.txt
adding-syscalls.txt documentation: trivial typo: adding-syscalls.txt: s/statat/fstatat/ 2016-04-18 11:31:49 -06:00
applying-patches.txt
assoc_array.txt
atomic_ops.txt
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
bcache.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt
cgroup-v2.txt Merge branch 'for-4.6-ns' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-03-21 10:05:13 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt
clk.txt
coccinelle.txt
cpu-hotplug.txt Documentation: cpu-hotplug: Fix sysfs mount instructions 2015-12-10 11:35:30 -07:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt
digsig.txt
dma-buf-sharing.txt dma-buf: Update docs for SYNC ioctl 2016-03-21 09:26:45 +01:00
dontdiff
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
edac.txt
efi-stub.txt doc: efi-stub.txt: Fix arm64 paths 2015-12-14 15:24:03 +00:00
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gdb-kernel-debugging.txt
highuid.txt
hsi.txt
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt
io-mapping.txt
io_ordering.txt
iostats.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kasan.txt mm, kasan: SLAB support 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
kcov.txt kernel: add kcov code coverage 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt Documentation: update Michael K. Johnson's work 2016-04-15 15:37:25 -06:00
kernel-parameters.txt Merge branch 'mm-pkeys-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-20 19:08:56 -07:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt irq_poll: make blk-iopoll available outside the block layer 2015-12-11 11:52:24 -08:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt
kobject.txt
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
kselftest.txt Documentation: kselftest: Remove duplicate word 2016-03-09 15:33:38 -07:00
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
lzo.txt Documentation: lzo: fix spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:23:11 -06:00
magic-number.txt
mailbox.txt
md-cluster.txt md-cluster: update the documentation 2016-01-06 11:39:06 +11:00
md.txt
memory-barriers.txt documentation: Clarify compiler store-fusion example 2016-03-14 15:52:19 -07:00
memory-hotplug.txt memory-hotplug: add automatic onlining policy for the newly added memory 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
men-chameleon-bus.txt
module-signing.txt modsign: Fix documentation on module signing enforcement parameter. 2016-03-12 01:48:11 -07:00
mono.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
ntb.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt mm, printk: introduce new format string for flags 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
pwm.txt
ramoops.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt rfkill: Add documentation about LED triggers 2016-02-24 09:13:12 +01:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt Documentation: robust-futexes: fix spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:26:41 -06:00
rpmsg.txt
rtc.txt rtc: implement a sysfs interface for clock offset 2016-03-14 17:08:16 +01:00
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
sparse.txt
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt
static-keys.txt
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt Doc: correct the location of sysrq.c 2016-04-28 08:02:36 -06:00
this_cpu_ops.txt
ubsan.txt UBSAN: run-time undefined behavior sanity checker 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
vfio.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt
xillybus.txt Documentation: xillybus: fix spelling mistake 2016-04-28 07:44:54 -06:00
xz.txt
zorro.txt