new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/oops_count
+Date: November 2022
+KernelVersion: 6.2.0
+Contact: Linux Kernel Hardening List <linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:
+ Shows how many times the system has Oopsed since last boot.
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
#include <linux/rcuwait.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
#include <linux/io_uring.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -96,6 +97,25 @@ static __init int kernel_exit_sysctls_init(void)
late_initcall(kernel_exit_sysctls_init);
#endif
+static atomic_t oops_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+static ssize_t oops_count_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ char *page)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(page, "%d\n", atomic_read(&oops_count));
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute oops_count_attr = __ATTR_RO(oops_count);
+
+static __init int kernel_exit_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+ sysfs_add_file_to_group(kernel_kobj, &oops_count_attr.attr, NULL);
+ return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(kernel_exit_sysfs_init);
+#endif
+
static void __unhash_process(struct task_struct *p, bool group_dead)
{
nr_threads--;
@@ -892,8 +912,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_exit);
void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr)
{
- static atomic_t oops_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
/*
* Take the task off the cpu after something catastrophic has
* happened.