1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 # Security configuration
6 menu "Security options"
8 source "security/keys/Kconfig"
10 config SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT
11 bool "Restrict unprivileged access to the kernel syslog"
14 This enforces restrictions on unprivileged users reading the kernel
17 If this option is not selected, no restrictions will be enforced
18 unless the dmesg_restrict sysctl is explicitly set to (1).
20 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
22 config SECURITY_PERF_EVENTS_RESTRICT
23 bool "Restrict unprivileged use of performance events"
24 depends on PERF_EVENTS
26 If you say Y here, the kernel.perf_event_paranoid sysctl
27 will be set to 3 by default, and no unprivileged use of the
28 perf_event_open syscall will be permitted unless it is
32 bool "Enable different security models"
36 This allows you to choose different security modules to be
37 configured into your kernel.
39 If this option is not selected, the default Linux security
42 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
44 config SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS
50 bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem"
52 This will build the securityfs filesystem. It is currently used by
53 various security modules (AppArmor, IMA, SafeSetID, TOMOYO, TPM).
55 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
57 config SECURITY_NETWORK
58 bool "Socket and Networking Security Hooks"
61 This enables the socket and networking security hooks.
62 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
63 implement socket and networking access controls.
64 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
66 config PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
67 bool "Remove the kernel mapping in user mode"
69 depends on (X86_64 || X86_PAE) && !UML
71 This feature reduces the number of hardware side channels by
72 ensuring that the majority of kernel addresses are not mapped
75 See Documentation/x86/pti.rst for more details.
77 config SECURITY_INFINIBAND
78 bool "Infiniband Security Hooks"
79 depends on SECURITY && INFINIBAND
81 This enables the Infiniband security hooks.
82 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
83 implement Infiniband access controls.
84 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
86 config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM
87 bool "XFRM (IPSec) Networking Security Hooks"
88 depends on XFRM && SECURITY_NETWORK
90 This enables the XFRM (IPSec) networking security hooks.
91 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
92 implement per-packet access controls based on labels
93 derived from IPSec policy. Non-IPSec communications are
94 designated as unlabelled, and only sockets authorized
95 to communicate unlabelled data can send without using
97 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
100 bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control"
103 This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control.
104 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
105 implement pathname based access controls.
106 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
109 bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)"
110 depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT
112 This option enables support for booting the kernel with the
113 Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize
114 Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology to perform a measured launch
115 of the kernel. If the system does not support Intel(R) TXT, this
118 Intel TXT will provide higher assurance of system configuration and
119 initial state as well as data reset protection. This is used to
120 create a robust initial kernel measurement and verification, which
121 helps to ensure that kernel security mechanisms are functioning
122 correctly. This level of protection requires a root of trust outside
123 of the kernel itself.
125 Intel TXT also helps solve real end user concerns about having
126 confidence that their hardware is running the VMM or kernel that
127 it was configured with, especially since they may be responsible for
128 providing such assurances to VMs and services running on it.
130 See <https://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more information
132 See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information about tboot.
133 See Documentation/x86/intel_txt.rst for a description of how to enable
134 Intel TXT support in a kernel boot.
136 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
138 config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
139 int "Low address space for LSM to protect from user allocation"
140 depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX
141 default 32768 if ARM || (ARM64 && COMPAT)
144 This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected
145 from userspace allocation. Keeping a user from writing to low pages
146 can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
148 For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
149 a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
150 On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
151 Programs which use vm86 functionality or have some need to map
152 this low address space will need the permission specific to the
155 config HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
158 The heap allocator implements __check_heap_object() for
159 validating memory ranges against heap object sizes in
160 support of CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.
162 config HARDENED_USERCOPY
163 bool "Harden memory copies between kernel and userspace"
164 depends on HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
167 This option checks for obviously wrong memory regions when
168 copying memory to/from the kernel (via copy_to_user() and
169 copy_from_user() functions) by rejecting memory ranges that
170 are larger than the specified heap object, span multiple
171 separately allocated pages, are not on the process stack,
172 or are part of the kernel text. This kills entire classes
173 of heap overflow exploits and similar kernel memory exposures.
175 config HARDENED_USERCOPY_FALLBACK
176 bool "Allow usercopy whitelist violations to fallback to object size"
177 depends on HARDENED_USERCOPY
180 This is a temporary option that allows missing usercopy whitelists
181 to be discovered via a WARN() to the kernel log, instead of
182 rejecting the copy, falling back to non-whitelisted hardened
183 usercopy that checks the slab allocation size instead of the
184 whitelist size. This option will be removed once it seems like
185 all missing usercopy whitelists have been identified and fixed.
186 Booting with "slab_common.usercopy_fallback=Y/N" can change
189 config HARDENED_USERCOPY_PAGESPAN
190 bool "Refuse to copy allocations that span multiple pages"
191 depends on HARDENED_USERCOPY
194 When a multi-page allocation is done without __GFP_COMP,
195 hardened usercopy will reject attempts to copy it. There are,
196 however, several cases of this in the kernel that have not all
197 been removed. This config is intended to be used only while
198 trying to find such users.
200 config FORTIFY_SOURCE
201 bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows"
202 depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
204 Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions
205 where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.
207 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
208 bool "Force all usermode helper calls through a single binary"
210 By default, the kernel can call many different userspace
211 binary programs through the "usermode helper" kernel
212 interface. Some of these binaries are statically defined
213 either in the kernel code itself, or as a kernel configuration
214 option. However, some of these are dynamically created at
215 runtime, or can be modified after the kernel has started up.
216 To provide an additional layer of security, route all of these
217 calls through a single executable that can not have its name
220 Note, it is up to this single binary to then call the relevant
221 "real" usermode helper binary, based on the first argument
222 passed to it. If desired, this program can filter and pick
223 and choose what real programs are called.
225 If you wish for all usermode helper programs are to be
226 disabled, choose this option and then set
227 STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH to an empty string.
229 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH
230 string "Path to the static usermode helper binary"
231 depends on STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
232 default "/sbin/usermode-helper"
234 The binary called by the kernel when any usermode helper
235 program is wish to be run. The "real" application's name will
236 be in the first argument passed to this program on the command
239 If you wish for all usermode helper programs to be disabled,
240 specify an empty string here (i.e. "").
242 source "security/selinux/Kconfig"
243 source "security/smack/Kconfig"
244 source "security/tomoyo/Kconfig"
245 source "security/apparmor/Kconfig"
246 source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"
247 source "security/yama/Kconfig"
248 source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"
249 source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"
251 source "security/integrity/Kconfig"
254 prompt "First legacy 'major LSM' to be initialized"
255 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX if SECURITY_SELINUX
256 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK if SECURITY_SMACK
257 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO if SECURITY_TOMOYO
258 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR if SECURITY_APPARMOR
259 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
262 This choice is there only for converting CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY
263 in old kernel configs to CONFIG_LSM in new kernel configs. Don't
264 change this choice unless you are creating a fresh kernel config,
265 for this choice will be ignored after CONFIG_LSM has been set.
267 Selects the legacy "major security module" that will be
268 initialized first. Overridden by non-default CONFIG_LSM.
270 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
271 bool "SELinux" if SECURITY_SELINUX=y
273 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
274 bool "Simplified Mandatory Access Control" if SECURITY_SMACK=y
276 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
277 bool "TOMOYO" if SECURITY_TOMOYO=y
279 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
280 bool "AppArmor" if SECURITY_APPARMOR=y
282 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
283 bool "Unix Discretionary Access Controls"
288 string "Ordered list of enabled LSMs"
289 default "lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,smack,selinux,tomoyo,apparmor,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
290 default "lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,apparmor,selinux,smack,tomoyo,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
291 default "lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,tomoyo,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
292 default "lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
293 default "lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,selinux,smack,tomoyo,apparmor,bpf"
295 A comma-separated list of LSMs, in initialization order.
296 Any LSMs left off this list will be ignored. This can be
297 controlled at boot with the "lsm=" parameter.
299 If unsure, leave this as the default.
301 source "security/Kconfig.hardening"