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Rafael Aquini db38d5c106 kernel: add panic_on_taint 
Analogously to the introduction of panic_on_warn, this patch introduces
a kernel option named panic_on_taint in order to provide a simple and
generic way to stop execution and catch a coredump when the kernel gets
tainted by any given flag.

This is useful for debugging sessions as it avoids having to rebuild the
kernel to explicitly add calls to panic() into the code sites that
introduce the taint flags of interest.

For instance, if one is interested in proceeding with a post-mortem
analysis at the point a given code path is hitting a bad page (i.e.
unaccount_page_cache_page(), or slab_bug()), a coredump can be collected
by rebooting the kernel with 'panic_on_taint=0x20' amended to the
command line.

Another, perhaps less frequent, use for this option would be as a means
for assuring a security policy case where only a subset of taints, or no
single taint (in paranoid mode), is allowed for the running system.  The
optional switch 'nousertaint' is handy in this particular scenario, as
it will avoid userspace induced crashes by writes to sysctl interface
/proc/sys/kernel/tainted causing false positive hits for such policies.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak kernel-parameters.txt wording]

Suggested-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200515175502.146720-1-aquini@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-5.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2020-06-06 09:59:34 -07:00
configs compiler: remove CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING entirely 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
debug TTY/Serial driver updates for 5.8-rc1 2020-06-07 09:52:36 -07:00
dma dma-mapping updates for 5.8, part 1 2020-06-06 11:43:23 -07:00
events powerpc updates for 5.8 2020-06-05 12:39:30 -07:00
gcov kernel/gcov/fs.c: gcov_seq_next() should increase position index 2020-04-10 15:36:22 -07:00
irq irqchip updates for Linux 5.8: 2020-05-30 09:40:12 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Make klp_apply_object_relocs static 2020-05-11 00:31:38 +02:00
locking ARM: 2020-06-03 15:13:47 -07:00
power TTY/Serial driver updates for 5.8-rc1 2020-06-07 09:52:36 -07:00
printk Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
rcu TTY/Serial driver updates for 5.8-rc1 2020-06-07 09:52:36 -07:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
time Merge branch 'proc-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2020-06-04 13:54:34 -07:00
trace Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
acct.c acct: stop using get_seconds() 2019-12-18 18:07:31 +01:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: use helpers to access data by data_type 2020-03-23 18:19:06 +01:00
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c \n 2020-04-06 08:58:42 -07:00
audit.c audit/stable-5.8 PR 20200601 2020-06-02 17:13:37 -07:00
audit.h audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: add subj creds to NETFILTER_CFG record to 2020-05-20 18:09:19 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c uaccess: Selectively open read or write user access 2020-05-01 12:35:21 +10:00
configs.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
context_tracking.c context-tracking: Introduce CONFIG_HAVE_TIF_NOHZ 2020-02-14 16:05:04 +01:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: Fix uninitted local in cpu_pm 2020-05-15 11:44:34 -07:00
cpu.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
crash_core.c
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Remove no longer used saved_max_pfn 2020-04-15 11:21:54 +02:00
cred.c exec: Teach prepare_exec_creds how exec treats uids & gids 2020-05-20 14:44:21 -05:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c ARM: 2020-06-03 15:13:47 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
fail_function.c
fork.c Merge branch 'proc-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2020-06-04 13:54:34 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: get rid of a kernel-docs build warning 2020-04-20 15:45:41 -06:00
gen_kheaders.sh kbuild: add variables for compression tools 2020-06-06 23:42:01 +09:00
groups.c mm: remove the pgprot argument to __vmalloc 2020-06-02 10:59:11 -07:00
hung_task.c
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work, smp: Allow irq_work on call_single_queue 2020-05-28 10:54:15 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kallsyms: unexport kallsyms_lookup_name() and kallsyms_on_each_symbol() 2020-04-07 10:43:44 -07:00
kcmp.c kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve 2020-03-25 10:04:01 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks sched/rt, locking: Use CONFIG_PREEMPTION 2019-12-08 14:37:36 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt sched/Kconfig: Fix spelling mistake in user-visible help text 2019-11-12 11:35:32 +01:00
kcov.c kcov: collect coverage from interrupts 2020-06-04 19:06:20 -07:00
kexec_core.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: don't place kexec images on IORESOURCE_MEM_DRIVER_MANAGED 2020-06-04 19:06:23 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kheaders.c
kmod.c kmod: make request_module() return an error when autoloading is disabled 2020-04-10 15:36:22 -07:00
kprobes.c kernel/kprobes.c: convert to use DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE macro 2020-06-04 19:06:26 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: Do not preempt current task if it is going to call schedule() 2020-03-20 13:06:20 +01:00
latencytop.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
Makefile scs: Add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS) 2020-05-15 16:35:45 +01:00
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v5.8 2020-06-05 12:31:16 -07:00
notifier.c mm: remove vmalloc_sync_(un)mappings() 2020-06-02 10:59:12 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: attach to namespaces via pidfds 2020-05-13 11:41:22 +02:00
padata.c padata: add basic support for multithreaded jobs 2020-06-03 20:09:45 -07:00
panic.c kernel: add panic_on_taint 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
pid.c remove the no longer needed pid_alive() check in __task_pid_nr_ns() 2020-04-30 06:40:14 -05:00
profile.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
ptrace.c ptrace: reintroduce usage of subjective credentials in ptrace_has_cap() 2020-01-18 13:51:39 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c printk: Collapse shutdown types into a single dump reason 2020-05-30 10:34:03 -07:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: fix read_pos error when multiple readers 2020-06-04 19:06:26 -07:00
resource.c /dev/mem: Revoke mappings when a driver claims the region 2020-05-27 11:10:05 +02:00
rseq.c rseq: Reject unknown flags on rseq unregister 2019-12-25 10:41:20 +01:00
scs.c scs: Remove references to asm/scs.h from core code 2020-05-18 17:47:45 +01:00
seccomp.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
signal.c Merge branch 'work.set_fs-exec' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-06-01 16:21:46 -07:00
smp.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c lockdep: Rename trace_{hard,soft}{irq_context,irqs_enabled}() 2020-03-21 16:03:54 +01:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Get rid of unneeded '!!' pattern 2019-11-11 10:30:59 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_cpus() static 2020-01-17 10:19:21 +01:00
sys_ni.c y2038: allow disabling time32 system calls 2019-11-15 14:38:30 +01:00
sys.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-02 12:21:36 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call 2019-11-26 13:03:56 -06:00
sysctl-test.c kunit: allow kunit tests to be loaded as a module 2020-01-09 16:42:29 -07:00
sysctl.c kernel: add panic_on_taint 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
task_work.c task_work_run: don't take ->pi_lock unconditionally 2020-03-02 14:06:33 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fix data-race 2019-12-04 15:18:39 +01:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c CPU (hotplug) updates: 2020-03-30 18:06:39 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c tsacct: add 64-bit btime field 2019-12-18 18:07:31 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Make sure ucounts in /proc/sys/user don't regress again 2020-04-07 21:51:27 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-05-15 13:48:59 -07:00
up.c smp/up: Make smp_call_function_single() match SMP semantics 2020-02-07 15:34:12 +01:00
user_namespace.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c user.c: make uidhash_table static 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
utsname.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: use BUILD_BUG_ON() for compile time test instead of WARN_ON() 2020-06-01 11:02:42 -04:00