Hardware Tag-Based KASAN
modulename: hw_tags.ko
configname: CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS
KASAN mode
└─>Hardware Tag-Based KASAN
In linux kernel since version 4.14.326 (release Date: 2023-09-23)
Enables Hardware Tag-Based KASAN.
Requires GCC 10+ or Clang 12+.
Supported only on arm64 CPUs starting from ARMv8.5 and relies on
Memory Tagging Extension and Top Byte Ignore.
Consumes about 1/32nd of available memory.
May potentially introduce problems related to pointer casting and
comparison, as it embeds a tag into the top byte of each pointer.
Requires GCC 10+ or Clang 12+.
Supported only on arm64 CPUs starting from ARMv8.5 and relies on
Memory Tagging Extension and Top Byte Ignore.
Consumes about 1/32nd of available memory.
May potentially introduce problems related to pointer casting and
comparison, as it embeds a tag into the top byte of each pointer.