security: Create "kernel hardening" config area
[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / security / Kconfig.hardening
1 menu "Kernel hardening options"
2
3 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
4         bool
5         help
6           While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed
7           stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for
8           anything passed by reference to another function, under the
9           occasionally misguided assumption that the function will do
10           the initialization. As this regularly leads to exploitable
11           flaws, this plugin is available to identify and zero-initialize
12           such variables, depending on the chosen level of coverage.
13
14           This plugin was originally ported from grsecurity/PaX. More
15           information at:
16            * https://grsecurity.net/
17            * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
18
19 menu "Memory initialization"
20
21 choice
22         prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry"
23         default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL if COMPILE_TEST && GCC_PLUGINS
24         default INIT_STACK_NONE
25         help
26           This option enables initialization of stack variables at
27           function entry time. This has the possibility to have the
28           greatest coverage (since all functions can have their
29           variables initialized), but the performance impact depends
30           on the function calling complexity of a given workload's
31           syscalls.
32
33           This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially
34           uninitialized variables. The selected class will be
35           initialized before use in a function.
36
37         config INIT_STACK_NONE
38                 bool "no automatic initialization (weakest)"
39                 help
40                   Disable automatic stack variable initialization.
41                   This leaves the kernel vulnerable to the standard
42                   classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits
43                   and information exposures.
44
45         config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER
46                 bool "zero-init structs marked for userspace (weak)"
47                 depends on GCC_PLUGINS
48                 select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
49                 help
50                   Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing
51                   a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of
52                   uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
53                   exposures, like CVE-2013-2141:
54                   https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca
55
56         config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
57                 bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)"
58                 depends on GCC_PLUGINS
59                 select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
60                 help
61                   Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
62                   be passed by reference and had not already been
63                   explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes
64                   of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
65                   exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410:
66                   https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654
67
68         config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
69                 bool "zero-init anything passed by reference (very strong)"
70                 depends on GCC_PLUGINS
71                 select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
72                 help
73                   Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
74                   by reference and had not already been explicitly
75                   initialized. This is intended to eliminate all classes
76                   of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
77                   exposures.
78
79 endchoice
80
81 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
82         bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
83         depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
84         depends on !COMPILE_TEST        # too noisy
85         help
86           This option will cause a warning to be printed each time the
87           structleak plugin finds a variable it thinks needs to be
88           initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
89           by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
90
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