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From bf23eb52f955c7adedb91b0b39def31130d7fe39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)" <heftig@archlinux.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 15:29:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] arch/Kconfig: Default to maximum amount of ASLR bits

To mitigate CVE-2024-26621 and improve randomization quality further. Do
this with a patch to avoid having to enable `CONFIG_EXPERT`.

Cherry-picked-for: https://zolutal.github.io/aslrnt/
---
 arch/Kconfig | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index b8a4ff36558228..9b087f9bb4133e 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
 	int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address" if EXPERT
 	range ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
 	default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
-	default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
+	default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
 	depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
 	help
 	  This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
 	int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address for compatible applications" if EXPERT
 	range ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
 	default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
-	default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
+	default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
 	depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
 	help
 	  This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to