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92 lines
2.6 KiB
Nix
92 lines
2.6 KiB
Nix
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
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with lib;
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let
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cfg = config.environment.memoryAllocator;
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# The set of alternative malloc(3) providers.
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providers = {
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graphene-hardened = {
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libPath = "${pkgs.graphene-hardened-malloc}/lib/libhardened_malloc.so";
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description = ''
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An allocator designed to mitigate memory corruption attacks, such as
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those caused by use-after-free bugs.
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'';
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};
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jemalloc = {
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libPath = "${pkgs.jemalloc}/lib/libjemalloc.so";
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description = ''
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A general purpose allocator that emphasizes fragmentation avoidance
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and scalable concurrency support.
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'';
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};
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scudo = {
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libPath = "${pkgs.llvmPackages_latest.compiler-rt}/lib/linux/libclang_rt.scudo-x86_64.so";
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description = ''
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A user-mode allocator based on LLVM Sanitizer’s CombinedAllocator,
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which aims at providing additional mitigations against heap based
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vulnerabilities, while maintaining good performance.
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'';
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};
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};
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providerConf = providers.${cfg.provider};
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# An output that contains only the shared library, to avoid
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# needlessly bloating the system closure
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mallocLib = pkgs.runCommand "malloc-provider-${cfg.provider}"
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rec {
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preferLocalBuild = true;
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allowSubstitutes = false;
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origLibPath = providerConf.libPath;
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libName = baseNameOf origLibPath;
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}
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''
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mkdir -p $out/lib
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cp -L $origLibPath $out/lib/$libName
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'';
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# The full path to the selected provider shlib.
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providerLibPath = "${mallocLib}/lib/${mallocLib.libName}";
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in
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{
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meta = {
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maintainers = [ maintainers.joachifm ];
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};
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options = {
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environment.memoryAllocator.provider = mkOption {
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type = types.enum ([ "libc" ] ++ attrNames providers);
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default = "libc";
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description = ''
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The system-wide memory allocator.
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Briefly, the system-wide memory allocator providers are:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para><literal>libc</literal>: the standard allocator provided by libc</para></listitem>
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${toString (mapAttrsToList
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(name: value: "<listitem><para><literal>${name}</literal>: ${value.description}</para></listitem>")
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providers)}
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</itemizedlist>
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<warning>
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<para>
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Selecting an alternative allocator (i.e., anything other than
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<literal>libc</literal>) may result in instability, data loss,
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and/or service failure.
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</para>
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</warning>
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'';
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};
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};
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config = mkIf (cfg.provider != "libc") {
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environment.etc."ld-nix.so.preload".text = ''
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${providerLibPath}
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'';
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};
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}
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