nixpkgs/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/hardened-config.nix
Joachim Fasting f963014829
linux-hardened-config: various fixups
Note
- the kernel config parser ignores "# foo is unset" comments so they
  have no effect; disabling kernel modules would break *everything* and so
  is ill-suited for a general-purpose kernel anyway --- the hardened nixos
  profile provides a more flexible solution
- removed some overlap with the common config (SECCOMP is *required* by systemd;
  YAMA is enabled by default).
- MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL is guarded by EXPERT on vanilla so setting it to y breaks
  the build; fix by making it optional
- restored some original comments which I feel are clearer
2017-08-06 23:38:07 +02:00

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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, version }:
with stdenv.lib;
assert (versionAtLeast version "4.9");
''
# Report BUG() conditions and kill the offending process.
BUG y
${optionalString (stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux") ''
DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR 65536 # Prevent allocation of first 64K of memory
# Reduce attack surface by disabling various emulations
IA32_EMULATION n
X86_X32 n
MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL? n
VMAP_STACK y # Catch kernel stack overflows
# Randomize position of kernel and memory.
RANDOMIZE_BASE y
RANDOMIZE_MEMORY y
# Disable legacy virtual syscalls by default (modern glibc use vDSO instead).
#
# Note that the vanilla default is to *emulate* the legacy vsyscall mechanism,
# which is supposed to be safer than the native variant (wrt. ret2libc), so
# disabling it mainly helps reduce surface.
LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE y
''}
# Safer page access permissions (wrt. code injection). Default on >=4.11.
${optionalString (versionOlder version "4.11") ''
DEBUG_RODATA y
DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX y
''}
DEBUG_WX y # boot-time warning on RWX mappings
# Stricter /dev/mem
STRICT_DEVMEM y
IO_STRICT_DEVMEM y
# Perform additional validation of commonly targeted structures.
DEBUG_CREDENTIALS y
DEBUG_NOTIFIERS y
DEBUG_LIST y
DEBUG_SG y
SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK y
BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION y
# Perform usercopy bounds checking.
HARDENED_USERCOPY y
# Randomize allocator freelists.
SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM y
# Wipe higher-level memory allocations on free() with page_poison=1
PAGE_POISONING y
PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY y
PAGE_POISONING_ZERO y
# Reboot devices immediately if kernel experiences an Oops.
PANIC_ON_OOPS y
PANIC_TIMEOUT -1
GCC_PLUGINS y # Enable gcc plugin options
${optionalString (versionAtLeast version "4.11") ''
GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK y # A port of the PaX structleak plugin
''}
# Disable various dangerous settings
ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD n # Allows writing directly to physical memory
PROC_KCORE n # Exposes kernel text image layout
INET_DIAG n # Has been used for heap based attacks in the past
# Use -fstack-protector-strong (gcc 4.9+) for best stack canary coverage.
CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR n
CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG y
''