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Differences between /security/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /security/Kconfig (Version linux-6.3.13)


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

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