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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 87f50df5889..92b23e25661 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -541,6 +541,18 @@ config ELF_CORE help Enable support for generating core dumps. Disabling saves about 4k. +config COMPAT_BRK + bool "Disable heap randomization" + default y + help + Randomizing heap placement makes heap exploits harder, but it + also breaks ancient binaries (including anything libc5 based). + This option changes the bootup default to heap randomization + disabled, and can be overriden runtime by setting + /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space to 2. + + On non-ancient distros (post-2000 ones) Y is usually a safe choice. + config BASE_FULL default y bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EMBEDDED |