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       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  enable CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_SAFE

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in linux source package in Kinetic:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  Use nosuid,noexec mount options on devtmpfs, this allows to provide a
  bit of extra security by preventing mmapping stuff in /dev with
  PROT_EXEC or having setuid executables.

  [Test case]

  If we really want to provide a test case for this...:

   $ grep devtmpfs /proc/mounts

  We should see nosuid,noexec in the mount options if this change is
  applied, otherwise we should only see nosuid (or none of the above).

  [Fix]

  Enable CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_SAFE.

  [Regression potential]

  This change can potentially break some drivers that require mmapping
  /dev/mem with the PROT_EXEC flag (for example non-KSM video drivers,
  or drivers that need to execute BIOS / firmware code directly from
  /dev/mem).

  However, it'd be nice to see if we still have drivers that are still
  relying on this dangerous behavior and provide some additional safety
  measures in the system.

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