[PATCH v2] news: Describe AArch64-specific changes
Wilco Dijkstra
Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com
Thu Jun 18 12:39:57 GMT 2026
Hi Yury,
> +* On AArch64 targets that support Guarded Control Stack extension all GCS
> + operations (including status, write on shadow stack, and push to shadow
> + stack) are locked after enabling GCS with ENFORCED or OVERRIDE GCS policy.
> + When a GCS operation is locked, a program cannot change this operation
> + status via prctl syscall. This prevents disabling or corrupting GCS
> + shadow stack during runtime.
Thanks, that's far clearer!
OK.
Cheers,
Wilco
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