From the kernel documentation:
For reduced kernel memory fragmentation, slab caches can be merged when they share the same size and other characteristics. This carries a risk of kernel heap overflows being able to overwrite objects from merged caches (and more easily control cache layout), which makes such heap attacks easier to exploit by attackers. By keeping caches unmerged, these kinds of exploits can usually only damage objects in the same cache. [...]
Thus, it is more sane to leave slab merging disabled. KSPP and ClipOS recommend this as well.
Signed-off-by: Peter Müller peter.mueller@ipfire.org --- config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire | 2 +- config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire | 2 +- config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire | 2 +- config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire | 2 +- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire index 9232335ff..023c3d5aa 100644 --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y # CONFIG_SLAB is not set CONFIG_SLUB=y # CONFIG_SLOB is not set -CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT=y +# CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT is not set CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM=y CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire index dc0aee51b..b4587826e 100644 --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y # CONFIG_SLAB is not set CONFIG_SLUB=y # CONFIG_SLOB is not set -CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT=y +# CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT is not set CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM=y CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire index 0801f4389..fb7cda4dd 100644 --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.riscv64-ipfire @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y # CONFIG_SLAB is not set CONFIG_SLUB=y # CONFIG_SLOB is not set -CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT=y +# CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT is not set CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM=y CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire index 40975b5fc..d3792cbb7 100644 --- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire +++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y # CONFIG_SLAB is not set CONFIG_SLUB=y # CONFIG_SLOB is not set -CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT=y +# CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT is not set CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM=y CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y