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Differences between /security/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /security/Kconfig (Version linux-6.8.12)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only             1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  2 #                                                   2 #
  3 # Security configuration                            3 # Security configuration
  4 #                                                   4 #
  5                                                     5 
  6 menu "Security options"                             6 menu "Security options"
  7                                                     7 
  8 source "security/keys/Kconfig"                      8 source "security/keys/Kconfig"
  9                                                     9 
 10 config SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT                     10 config SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT
 11         bool "Restrict unprivileged access to      11         bool "Restrict unprivileged access to the kernel syslog"
 12         default n                                  12         default n
 13         help                                       13         help
 14           This enforces restrictions on unpriv     14           This enforces restrictions on unprivileged users reading the kernel
 15           syslog via dmesg(8).                     15           syslog via dmesg(8).
 16                                                    16 
 17           If this option is not selected, no r     17           If this option is not selected, no restrictions will be enforced
 18           unless the dmesg_restrict sysctl is      18           unless the dmesg_restrict sysctl is explicitly set to (1).
 19                                                    19 
 20           If you are unsure how to answer this     20           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 21                                                    21 
 22 choice                                         << 
 23         prompt "Allow /proc/pid/mem access ove << 
 24         default PROC_MEM_ALWAYS_FORCE          << 
 25         help                                   << 
 26           Traditionally /proc/pid/mem allows u << 
 27           permissions for users like ptrace, a << 
 28           capability.                          << 
 29                                                << 
 30           This allows people to limit that - e << 
 31           require actual active ptrace attachm << 
 32                                                << 
 33           Defaults to the traditional behavior << 
 34                                                << 
 35 config PROC_MEM_ALWAYS_FORCE                   << 
 36         bool "Traditional /proc/pid/mem behavi << 
 37         help                                   << 
 38           This allows /proc/pid/mem accesses t << 
 39           permissions if you have ptrace acces << 
 40                                                << 
 41 config PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE                   << 
 42         bool "Require active ptrace() use for  << 
 43         help                                   << 
 44           This allows /proc/pid/mem accesses t << 
 45           permissions for active ptracers like << 
 46                                                << 
 47 config PROC_MEM_NO_FORCE                       << 
 48         bool "Never"                           << 
 49         help                                   << 
 50           Never override memory mapping permis << 
 51                                                << 
 52 endchoice                                      << 
 53                                                << 
 54 config SECURITY                                    22 config SECURITY
 55         bool "Enable different security models     23         bool "Enable different security models"
 56         depends on SYSFS                           24         depends on SYSFS
 57         depends on MULTIUSER                       25         depends on MULTIUSER
 58         help                                       26         help
 59           This allows you to choose different      27           This allows you to choose different security modules to be
 60           configured into your kernel.             28           configured into your kernel.
 61                                                    29 
 62           If this option is not selected, the      30           If this option is not selected, the default Linux security
 63           model will be used.                      31           model will be used.
 64                                                    32 
 65           If you are unsure how to answer this     33           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 66                                                    34 
 67 config SECURITYFS                                  35 config SECURITYFS
 68         bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem     36         bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem"
 69         help                                       37         help
 70           This will build the securityfs files     38           This will build the securityfs filesystem.  It is currently used by
 71           various security modules (AppArmor,      39           various security modules (AppArmor, IMA, SafeSetID, TOMOYO, TPM).
 72                                                    40 
 73           If you are unsure how to answer this     41           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 74                                                    42 
 75 config SECURITY_NETWORK                            43 config SECURITY_NETWORK
 76         bool "Socket and Networking Security H     44         bool "Socket and Networking Security Hooks"
 77         depends on SECURITY                        45         depends on SECURITY
 78         help                                       46         help
 79           This enables the socket and networki     47           This enables the socket and networking security hooks.
 80           If enabled, a security module can us     48           If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
 81           implement socket and networking acce     49           implement socket and networking access controls.
 82           If you are unsure how to answer this     50           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 83                                                    51 
 84 config SECURITY_INFINIBAND                         52 config SECURITY_INFINIBAND
 85         bool "Infiniband Security Hooks"           53         bool "Infiniband Security Hooks"
 86         depends on SECURITY && INFINIBAND          54         depends on SECURITY && INFINIBAND
 87         help                                       55         help
 88           This enables the Infiniband security     56           This enables the Infiniband security hooks.
 89           If enabled, a security module can us     57           If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
 90           implement Infiniband access controls     58           implement Infiniband access controls.
 91           If you are unsure how to answer this     59           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 92                                                    60 
 93 config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM                       61 config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM
 94         bool "XFRM (IPSec) Networking Security     62         bool "XFRM (IPSec) Networking Security Hooks"
 95         depends on XFRM && SECURITY_NETWORK        63         depends on XFRM && SECURITY_NETWORK
 96         help                                       64         help
 97           This enables the XFRM (IPSec) networ     65           This enables the XFRM (IPSec) networking security hooks.
 98           If enabled, a security module can us     66           If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
 99           implement per-packet access controls     67           implement per-packet access controls based on labels
100           derived from IPSec policy.  Non-IPSe     68           derived from IPSec policy.  Non-IPSec communications are
101           designated as unlabelled, and only s     69           designated as unlabelled, and only sockets authorized
102           to communicate unlabelled data can s     70           to communicate unlabelled data can send without using
103           IPSec.                                   71           IPSec.
104           If you are unsure how to answer this     72           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
105                                                    73 
106 config SECURITY_PATH                               74 config SECURITY_PATH
107         bool "Security hooks for pathname base     75         bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control"
108         depends on SECURITY                        76         depends on SECURITY
109         help                                       77         help
110           This enables the security hooks for      78           This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control.
111           If enabled, a security module can us     79           If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
112           implement pathname based access cont     80           implement pathname based access controls.
113           If you are unsure how to answer this     81           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
114                                                    82 
115 config INTEL_TXT                                   83 config INTEL_TXT
116         bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Executio     84         bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)"
117         depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT                  85         depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT
118         help                                       86         help
119           This option enables support for boot     87           This option enables support for booting the kernel with the
120           Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This wi     88           Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize
121           Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technolog     89           Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology to perform a measured launch
122           of the kernel. If the system does no     90           of the kernel. If the system does not support Intel(R) TXT, this
123           will have no effect.                     91           will have no effect.
124                                                    92 
125           Intel TXT will provide higher assura     93           Intel TXT will provide higher assurance of system configuration and
126           initial state as well as data reset      94           initial state as well as data reset protection.  This is used to
127           create a robust initial kernel measu     95           create a robust initial kernel measurement and verification, which
128           helps to ensure that kernel security     96           helps to ensure that kernel security mechanisms are functioning
129           correctly. This level of protection      97           correctly. This level of protection requires a root of trust outside
130           of the kernel itself.                    98           of the kernel itself.
131                                                    99 
132           Intel TXT also helps solve real end     100           Intel TXT also helps solve real end user concerns about having
133           confidence that their hardware is ru    101           confidence that their hardware is running the VMM or kernel that
134           it was configured with, especially s    102           it was configured with, especially since they may be responsible for
135           providing such assurances to VMs and    103           providing such assurances to VMs and services running on it.
136                                                   104 
137           See <https://www.intel.com/technolog    105           See <https://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more information
138           about Intel(R) TXT.                     106           about Intel(R) TXT.
139           See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> f    107           See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information about tboot.
140           See Documentation/arch/x86/intel_txt    108           See Documentation/arch/x86/intel_txt.rst for a description of how to enable
141           Intel TXT support in a kernel boot.     109           Intel TXT support in a kernel boot.
142                                                   110 
143           If you are unsure as to whether this    111           If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
144                                                   112 
145 config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR                          113 config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
146         int "Low address space for LSM to prot    114         int "Low address space for LSM to protect from user allocation"
147         depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINU    115         depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX
148         default 32768 if ARM || (ARM64 && COMP    116         default 32768 if ARM || (ARM64 && COMPAT)
149         default 65536                             117         default 65536
150         help                                      118         help
151           This is the portion of low virtual m    119           This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected
152           from userspace allocation.  Keeping     120           from userspace allocation.  Keeping a user from writing to low pages
153           can help reduce the impact of kernel    121           can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
154                                                   122 
155           For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users w    123           For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
156           a value of 65536 is reasonable and s    124           a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
157           On arm and other archs it should not    125           On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
158           Programs which use vm86 functionalit    126           Programs which use vm86 functionality or have some need to map
159           this low address space will need the    127           this low address space will need the permission specific to the
160           systems running LSM.                    128           systems running LSM.
161                                                   129 
162 config HARDENED_USERCOPY                          130 config HARDENED_USERCOPY
163         bool "Harden memory copies between ker    131         bool "Harden memory copies between kernel and userspace"
164         imply STRICT_DEVMEM                       132         imply STRICT_DEVMEM
165         help                                      133         help
166           This option checks for obviously wro    134           This option checks for obviously wrong memory regions when
167           copying memory to/from the kernel (v    135           copying memory to/from the kernel (via copy_to_user() and
168           copy_from_user() functions) by rejec    136           copy_from_user() functions) by rejecting memory ranges that
169           are larger than the specified heap o    137           are larger than the specified heap object, span multiple
170           separately allocated pages, are not     138           separately allocated pages, are not on the process stack,
171           or are part of the kernel text. This    139           or are part of the kernel text. This prevents entire classes
172           of heap overflow exploits and simila    140           of heap overflow exploits and similar kernel memory exposures.
173                                                   141 
174 config FORTIFY_SOURCE                             142 config FORTIFY_SOURCE
175         bool "Harden common str/mem functions     143         bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows"
176         depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE        144         depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
                                                   >> 145         # https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41459
                                                   >> 146         depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || CLANG_VERSION >= 120001
177         # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project    147         # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53645
178         depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || !X86_32        148         depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || !X86_32
179         help                                      149         help
180           Detect overflows of buffers in commo    150           Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions
181           where the compiler can determine and    151           where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.
182                                                   152 
183 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER                      153 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
184         bool "Force all usermode helper calls     154         bool "Force all usermode helper calls through a single binary"
185         help                                      155         help
186           By default, the kernel can call many    156           By default, the kernel can call many different userspace
187           binary programs through the "usermod    157           binary programs through the "usermode helper" kernel
188           interface.  Some of these binaries a    158           interface.  Some of these binaries are statically defined
189           either in the kernel code itself, or    159           either in the kernel code itself, or as a kernel configuration
190           option.  However, some of these are     160           option.  However, some of these are dynamically created at
191           runtime, or can be modified after th    161           runtime, or can be modified after the kernel has started up.
192           To provide an additional layer of se    162           To provide an additional layer of security, route all of these
193           calls through a single executable th    163           calls through a single executable that can not have its name
194           changed.                                164           changed.
195                                                   165 
196           Note, it is up to this single binary    166           Note, it is up to this single binary to then call the relevant
197           "real" usermode helper binary, based    167           "real" usermode helper binary, based on the first argument
198           passed to it.  If desired, this prog    168           passed to it.  If desired, this program can filter and pick
199           and choose what real programs are ca    169           and choose what real programs are called.
200                                                   170 
201           If you wish for all usermode helper     171           If you wish for all usermode helper programs are to be
202           disabled, choose this option and the    172           disabled, choose this option and then set
203           STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH to an emp    173           STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH to an empty string.
204                                                   174 
205 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH                 175 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH
206         string "Path to the static usermode he    176         string "Path to the static usermode helper binary"
207         depends on STATIC_USERMODEHELPER          177         depends on STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
208         default "/sbin/usermode-helper"           178         default "/sbin/usermode-helper"
209         help                                      179         help
210           The binary called by the kernel when    180           The binary called by the kernel when any usermode helper
211           program is wish to be run.  The "rea    181           program is wish to be run.  The "real" application's name will
212           be in the first argument passed to t    182           be in the first argument passed to this program on the command
213           line.                                   183           line.
214                                                   184 
215           If you wish for all usermode helper     185           If you wish for all usermode helper programs to be disabled,
216           specify an empty string here (i.e. "    186           specify an empty string here (i.e. "").
217                                                   187 
218 source "security/selinux/Kconfig"                 188 source "security/selinux/Kconfig"
219 source "security/smack/Kconfig"                   189 source "security/smack/Kconfig"
220 source "security/tomoyo/Kconfig"                  190 source "security/tomoyo/Kconfig"
221 source "security/apparmor/Kconfig"                191 source "security/apparmor/Kconfig"
222 source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"                 192 source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"
223 source "security/yama/Kconfig"                    193 source "security/yama/Kconfig"
224 source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"               194 source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"
225 source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"                195 source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"
226 source "security/landlock/Kconfig"                196 source "security/landlock/Kconfig"
227 source "security/ipe/Kconfig"                  << 
228                                                   197 
229 source "security/integrity/Kconfig"               198 source "security/integrity/Kconfig"
230                                                   199 
231 choice                                            200 choice
232         prompt "First legacy 'major LSM' to be    201         prompt "First legacy 'major LSM' to be initialized"
233         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX if SE    202         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX if SECURITY_SELINUX
234         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK if SECU    203         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK if SECURITY_SMACK
235         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO if SEC    204         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO if SECURITY_TOMOYO
236         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR if S    205         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR if SECURITY_APPARMOR
237         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC              206         default DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
238                                                   207 
239         help                                      208         help
240           This choice is there only for conver    209           This choice is there only for converting CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY
241           in old kernel configs to CONFIG_LSM     210           in old kernel configs to CONFIG_LSM in new kernel configs. Don't
242           change this choice unless you are cr    211           change this choice unless you are creating a fresh kernel config,
243           for this choice will be ignored afte    212           for this choice will be ignored after CONFIG_LSM has been set.
244                                                   213 
245           Selects the legacy "major security m    214           Selects the legacy "major security module" that will be
246           initialized first. Overridden by non    215           initialized first. Overridden by non-default CONFIG_LSM.
247                                                   216 
248         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX           217         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
249                 bool "SELinux" if SECURITY_SEL    218                 bool "SELinux" if SECURITY_SELINUX=y
250                                                   219 
251         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK             220         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
252                 bool "Simplified Mandatory Acc    221                 bool "Simplified Mandatory Access Control" if SECURITY_SMACK=y
253                                                   222 
254         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO            223         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
255                 bool "TOMOYO" if SECURITY_TOMO    224                 bool "TOMOYO" if SECURITY_TOMOYO=y
256                                                   225 
257         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR          226         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
258                 bool "AppArmor" if SECURITY_AP    227                 bool "AppArmor" if SECURITY_APPARMOR=y
259                                                   228 
260         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC               229         config DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
261                 bool "Unix Discretionary Acces    230                 bool "Unix Discretionary Access Controls"
262                                                   231 
263 endchoice                                         232 endchoice
264                                                   233 
265 config LSM                                        234 config LSM
266         string "Ordered list of enabled LSMs"     235         string "Ordered list of enabled LSMs"
267         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpi !! 236         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,smack,selinux,tomoyo,apparmor,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
268         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpi !! 237         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,apparmor,selinux,smack,tomoyo,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
269         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpi !! 238         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,tomoyo,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
270         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpi !! 239         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
271         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpi !! 240         default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,selinux,smack,tomoyo,apparmor,bpf"
272         help                                      241         help
273           A comma-separated list of LSMs, in i    242           A comma-separated list of LSMs, in initialization order.
274           Any LSMs left off this list, except     243           Any LSMs left off this list, except for those with order
275           LSM_ORDER_FIRST and LSM_ORDER_LAST,     244           LSM_ORDER_FIRST and LSM_ORDER_LAST, which are always enabled
276           if selected in the kernel configurat    245           if selected in the kernel configuration, will be ignored.
277           This can be controlled at boot with     246           This can be controlled at boot with the "lsm=" parameter.
278                                                   247 
279           If unsure, leave this as the default    248           If unsure, leave this as the default.
280                                                   249 
281 source "security/Kconfig.hardening"               250 source "security/Kconfig.hardening"
282                                                << 
283 source "security/ccsecurity/Kconfig"           << 
284                                                   251 
285 endmenu                                           252 endmenu
286                                                   253 
                                                      

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