Right now kernel hardening options are scattered around various Kconfig files. This can be a central place to collect these kinds of options going forward. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig | 70 ++------------------------- security/Kconfig | 2 + security/Kconfig.hardening | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) create mode 100644 security/Kconfig.hardening diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig index 74271dba4f94..01874ef0f883 100644 --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig @@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ config HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS An arch should select this symbol if it supports building with GCC plugins. -menuconfig GCC_PLUGINS - bool "GCC plugins" +config GCC_PLUGINS + bool depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS depends on PLUGIN_HOSTCC != "" + default y help GCC plugins are loadable modules that provide extra features to the compiler. They are useful for runtime instrumentation and static analysis. @@ -66,71 +67,6 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY * https://grsecurity.net/ * https://pax.grsecurity.net/ -config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK - bool "Zero initialize stack variables" - help - While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed - stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for - anything passed by reference to another function, under the - occasionally misguided assumption that the function will do - the initialization. As this regularly leads to exploitable - flaws, this plugin is available to identify and zero-initialize - such variables, depending on the chosen level of coverage. - - This plugin was originally ported from grsecurity/PaX. More - information at: - * https://grsecurity.net/ - * https://pax.grsecurity.net/ - -choice - prompt "Coverage" - depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK - default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL - help - This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially - uninitialized variables. The selected class will be - zero-initialized before use. - - config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER - bool "structs marked for userspace" - help - Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing - a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of - uninitialized stack variable exploits and information - exposures, like CVE-2013-2141: - https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca - - config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF - bool "structs passed by reference" - help - Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may - be passed by reference and had not already been - explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes - of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information - exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410: - https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654 - - config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL - bool "anything passed by reference" - help - Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed - by reference and had not already been explicitly - initialized. This is intended to eliminate all classes - of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information - exposures. - -endchoice - -config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE - bool "Report forcefully initialized variables" - depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK - depends on !COMPILE_TEST # too noisy - help - This option will cause a warning to be printed each time the - structleak plugin finds a variable it thinks needs to be - initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected - by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings. - config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT bool "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures" select MODVERSIONS if MODULES diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 1d6463fb1450..7aec8d094ce2 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -249,5 +249,7 @@ config LSM If unsure, leave this as the default. +source "security/Kconfig.hardening" + endmenu diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8223a8ab1a12 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +menu "Kernel hardening options" + +config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK + bool + depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER || GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF || GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL + help + While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed + stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for + anything passed by reference to another function, under the + occasionally misguided assumption that the function will do + the initialization. As this regularly leads to exploitable + flaws, this plugin is available to identify and zero-initialize + such variables, depending on the chosen level of coverage. + + This plugin was originally ported from grsecurity/PaX. More + information at: + * https://grsecurity.net/ + * https://pax.grsecurity.net/ + +menu "Memory initialization" + +choice + prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry" + depends on CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT || GCC_PLUGINS + default INIT_STACK_NONE + help + This option enables initialization of stack variables at + function entry time. This has the possibility to have the + greatest coverage (since all functions can have their + variables initialized), but the performance impact depends + on the function calling complexity of a given workload's + syscalls. + + This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially + uninitialized variables. The selected class will be + initialized before use in a function. + + config INIT_STACK_NONE + bool "no automatic initialization (weakest)" + help + Disable automatic stack variable initialization. + This leaves the kernel vulnerable to the standard + classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits + and information exposures. + + config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER + bool "zero-init structs marked for userspace (weak)" + depends on GCC_PLUGINS + select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK + help + Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing + a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of + uninitialized stack variable exploits and information + exposures, like CVE-2013-2141: + https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca + + config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF + bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)" + depends on GCC_PLUGINS + select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK + help + Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may + be passed by reference and had not already been + explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes + of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information + exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410: + https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654 + + config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL + bool "zero-init anything passed by reference (very strong)" + depends on GCC_PLUGINS + select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK + help + Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed + by reference and had not already been explicitly + initialized. This is intended to eliminate all classes + of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information + exposures. + +endchoice + +config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE + bool "Report forcefully initialized variables" + depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK + depends on !COMPILE_TEST # too noisy + help + This option will cause a warning to be printed each time the + structleak plugin finds a variable it thinks needs to be + initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected + by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings. + +endmenu + +endmenu -- 2.17.1
