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2023-12-11 d2ccde1c8e90d38cee87a1b0309ad2827f3fd30d
kernel/security/Kconfig.hardening
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2222 config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
2323 def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern)
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-config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
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+config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_BARE
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+ def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero)
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+
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+config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_ENABLER
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+ # Clang 16 and later warn about using the -enable flag, but it
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+ # is required before then.
2631 def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang)
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+ depends on !CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_BARE
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+
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+config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
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+ def_bool CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_BARE || CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_ENABLER
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2837 choice
2938 prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry"
3039 default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL if COMPILE_TEST && GCC_PLUGINS
3140 default INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN if COMPILE_TEST && CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
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+ default INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO if CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
3242 default INIT_STACK_NONE
3343 help
3444 This option enables initialization of stack variables at
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3949 syscalls.
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4151 This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially
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- uninitialized variables. The selected class will be
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+ uninitialized variables. The selected class of variable will be
4353 initialized before use in a function.
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4555 config INIT_STACK_NONE
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- bool "no automatic initialization (weakest)"
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+ bool "no automatic stack variable initialization (weakest)"
4757 help
4858 Disable automatic stack variable initialization.
4959 This leaves the kernel vulnerable to the standard
5060 classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits
5161 and information exposures.
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- config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
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- bool "zero-init anything passed by reference (very strong)"
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+ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER
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+ bool "zero-init structs marked for userspace (weak)"
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+ select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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+ help
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+ Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing
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+ a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of
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+ uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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+ exposures, like CVE-2013-2141:
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+ https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca
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+
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+ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
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+ bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)"
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+ depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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+ depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK)
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+ select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
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+ help
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+ Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
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+ be passed by reference and had not already been
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+ explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes
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+ of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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+ exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410:
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+ https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654
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+
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+ As a side-effect, this keeps a lot of variables on the
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+ stack that can otherwise be optimized out, so combining
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+ this with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK can lead to a stack overflow
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+ and is disallowed.
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+
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+ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
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+ bool "zero-init everything passed by reference (very strong)"
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+ depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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+ depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK)
5696 select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
5797 help
5898 Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
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61101 of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
62102 exposures.
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+ As a side-effect, this keeps a lot of variables on the
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+ stack that can otherwise be optimized out, so combining
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+ this with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK can lead to a stack overflow
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+ and is disallowed.
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+
64109 config INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN
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- bool "0xAA-init everything on the stack (strongest)"
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+ bool "pattern-init everything (strongest)"
66111 depends on CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
67112 help
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- Initializes everything on the stack with a 0xAA
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- pattern. This is intended to eliminate all classes
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- of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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- exposures, even variables that were warned to have been
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- left uninitialized.
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+ Initializes everything on the stack (including padding)
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+ with a specific debug value. This is intended to eliminate
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+ all classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits and
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+ information exposures, even variables that were warned about
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+ having been left uninitialized.
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74119 Pattern initialization is known to provoke many existing bugs
75120 related to uninitialized locals, e.g. pointers receive
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- non-NULL values, buffer sizes and indices are very big.
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+ non-NULL values, buffer sizes and indices are very big. The
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+ pattern is situation-specific; Clang on 64-bit uses 0xAA
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+ repeating for all types and padding except float and double
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+ which use 0xFF repeating (-NaN). Clang on 32-bit uses 0xFF
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+ repeating for all types and padding.
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78127 config INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO
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- bool "zero-init everything on the stack (strongest and safest)"
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+ bool "zero-init everything (strongest and safest)"
80129 depends on CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
81130 help
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- Initializes everything on the stack with a zero
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- value. This is intended to eliminate all classes
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- of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
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- exposures, even variables that were warned to have been
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- left uninitialized.
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+ Initializes everything on the stack (including padding)
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+ with a zero value. This is intended to eliminate all
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+ classes of uninitialized stack variable exploits and
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+ information exposures, even variables that were warned
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+ about having been left uninitialized.
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- Zero initialization provides safe defaults for strings,
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- pointers, indices and sizes, and is therefore
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- more suitable as a security mitigation measure.
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+ Zero initialization provides safe defaults for strings
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+ (immediately NUL-terminated), pointers (NULL), indices
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+ (index 0), and sizes (0 length), so it is therefore more
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+ suitable as a production security mitigation than pattern
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+ initialization.
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92143 endchoice
93144
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101152 initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
102153 by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
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+config GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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+ bool "Poison kernel stack before returning from syscalls"
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+ depends on GCC_PLUGINS
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+ depends on HAVE_ARCH_STACKLEAK
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+ help
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+ This option makes the kernel erase the kernel stack before
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+ returning from system calls. This has the effect of leaving
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+ the stack initialized to the poison value, which both reduces
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+ the lifetime of any sensitive stack contents and reduces
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+ potential for uninitialized stack variable exploits or information
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+ exposures (it does not cover functions reaching the same stack
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+ depth as prior functions during the same syscall). This blocks
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+ most uninitialized stack variable attacks, with the performance
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+ impact being driven by the depth of the stack usage, rather than
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+ the function calling complexity.
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+
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+ The performance impact on a single CPU system kernel compilation
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+ sees a 1% slowdown, other systems and workloads may vary and you
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+ are advised to test this feature on your expected workload before
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+ deploying it.
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+
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+ This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
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+ * https://grsecurity.net/
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+ * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
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+config STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE
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+ int "Minimum stack frame size of functions tracked by STACKLEAK"
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+ default 100
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+ range 0 4096
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+ depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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+ help
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+ The STACKLEAK gcc plugin instruments the kernel code for tracking
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+ the lowest border of the kernel stack (and for some other purposes).
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+ It inserts the stackleak_track_stack() call for the functions with
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+ a stack frame size greater than or equal to this parameter.
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+ If unsure, leave the default value 100.
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+
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+config STACKLEAK_METRICS
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+ bool "Show STACKLEAK metrics in the /proc file system"
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+ depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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+ depends on PROC_FS
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+ help
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+ If this is set, STACKLEAK metrics for every task are available in
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+ the /proc file system. In particular, /proc/<pid>/stack_depth
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+ shows the maximum kernel stack consumption for the current and
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+ previous syscalls. Although this information is not precise, it
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+ can be useful for estimating the STACKLEAK performance impact for
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+ your workloads.
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+
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+config STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE
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+ bool "Allow runtime disabling of kernel stack erasing"
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+ depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
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+ help
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+ This option provides 'stack_erasing' sysctl, which can be used in
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+ runtime to control kernel stack erasing for kernels built with
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+ CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK.
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+
104212 config INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON
105213 bool "Enable heap memory zeroing on allocation by default"
106214 help