Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v3 05/24] Documentation/x86: Add CET description | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Date | Sun, 2 Sep 2018 19:56:55 -0700 |
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Hi,
One spello:
On 08/30/2018 07:38 AM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_cet.rst b/Documentation/x86/intel_cet.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..337baa1f6980 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/x86/intel_cet.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@ > +========================================= > +Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) > +========================================= > + > +[1] Overview > +============ > + > +Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) provides protection against > +return/jump-oriented programing (ROP) attacks. It can be implemented
programming
> +to protect both the kernel and applications. In the first phase, > +only the user-mode protection is implemented for the 64-bit kernel. > +Thirty-two bit applications are supported under the compatibility > +mode.
-- ~Randy
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