CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK: Enable return-thunks

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK:

• prompt: Enable return-thunks
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE && CONFIG_CC_HAS_RETURN_THUNK ) && ( CONFIG_X86_64 )
• defined in arch/x86/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 6.9–6.12

Help text

Compile the kernel with the return-thunks compiler option to guard against kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding return speculation. Requires a compiler with -mfunction-return=thunk-extern support for full protection. The kernel may run slower.

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