nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened/config.nix
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# Based on recommendations from:
# http://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Kernel_Self_Protection_Project#Recommended_settings
# https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/Hardened_Kernel_Project
#
# Dangerous features that can be permanently (for the boot session) disabled at
# boot via sysctl or kernel cmdline are left enabled here, for improved
# flexibility.
#
# See also <nixos/modules/profiles/hardened.nix>
{ stdenv, lib, version }:
with lib.kernel;
with (lib.kernel.whenHelpers version);
assert (lib.versionAtLeast version "4.9");
{
# Mark LSM hooks read-only after init. SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS n
# conflicts with SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE y; disabling the latter
# implicitly marks LSM hooks read-only after init.
#
# SELinux can only be disabled at boot via selinux=0
#
# We set SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS n primarily for documentation purposes; the
# config builder fails to detect that it has indeed been unset.
SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE = whenOlder "6.4" no; # On 6.4: error: unused option: SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS = option no;
# Perform additional validation of commonly targeted structures.
DEBUG_CREDENTIALS = whenOlder "6.6" yes;
DEBUG_NOTIFIERS = yes;
DEBUG_PI_LIST = whenOlder "5.2" yes; # doesn't BUG()
DEBUG_PLIST = whenAtLeast "5.2" yes;
DEBUG_SG = yes;
DEBUG_VIRTUAL = yes;
SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK = yes;
REFCOUNT_FULL = whenOlder "5.4.208" yes;
# tell EFI to wipe memory during reset
# https://lwn.net/Articles/730006/
RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION = yes;
# restricts loading of line disciplines via TIOCSETD ioctl to CAP_SYS_MODULE
CONFIG_LDISC_AUTOLOAD = option no;
# Wipe higher-level memory allocations on free() with page_poison=1
PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY = whenOlder "5.11" yes;
PAGE_POISONING_ZERO = whenOlder "5.11" yes;
# Enable init_on_free by default
INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON = whenAtLeast "5.3" yes;
# Wipe all caller-used registers on exit from a function
ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS = whenAtLeast "5.15" yes;
# Enable the SafeSetId LSM
SECURITY_SAFESETID = whenAtLeast "5.1" yes;
# Reboot devices immediately if kernel experiences an Oops.
PANIC_TIMEOUT = freeform "-1";
GCC_PLUGINS = yes; # Enable gcc plugin options
# Gather additional entropy at boot time for systems that may not have appropriate entropy sources.
GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY = yes;
GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK = option yes; # A port of the PaX structleak plugin
GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL = option yes; # Also cover structs passed by address
GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK = whenAtLeast "4.20" yes; # A port of the PaX stackleak plugin
GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT = whenOlder "5.19" yes; # A port of the PaX randstruct plugin
GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE = whenOlder "5.19" yes;
# Runtime undefined behaviour checks
# https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/ubsan.html
# https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2014/10/16/gcc-undefined-behavior-sanitizer-ubsan
UBSAN = yes;
UBSAN_TRAP = whenAtLeast "5.7" yes;
UBSAN_BOUNDS = whenAtLeast "5.7" yes;
UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL = whenOlder "6.9" yes;
UBSAN_LOCAL_BOUNDS = option yes; # clang only
CFI_CLANG = option yes; # clang only Control Flow Integrity since 6.1
# Same as GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT*, but has been renamed to `RANDSTRUCT*` in 5.19.
RANDSTRUCT = whenAtLeast "5.19" yes;
RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE = whenAtLeast "5.19" yes;
# Disable various dangerous settings
ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD = whenOlder "6.9" no; # Allows writing directly to physical memory
PROC_KCORE = no; # Exposes kernel text image layout
INET_DIAG = no; # Has been used for heap based attacks in the past
# INET_DIAG=n causes the following options to not exist anymore, but since they are defined in common-config.nix,
# make them optional
INET_DIAG_DESTROY = option no;
INET_RAW_DIAG = option no;
INET_TCP_DIAG = option no;
INET_UDP_DIAG = option no;
INET_MPTCP_DIAG = option no;
# Use -fstack-protector-strong (gcc 4.9+) for best stack canary coverage.
CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR = lib.mkForce (whenOlder "4.18" no);
CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG = whenOlder "4.18" yes;
# CONFIG_DEVMEM=n causes these to not exist anymore.
STRICT_DEVMEM = option no;
IO_STRICT_DEVMEM = option no;
# stricter IOMMU TLB invalidation
IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_STRICT = option yes;
IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_LAZY = option no;
# not needed for less than a decade old glibc versions
LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE = yes;
}