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diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening index ded4d7c0d132..bd2aabb2c60f 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig.hardening +++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening @@ -266,4 +266,77 @@ config ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS endmenu +config CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT + def_bool $(cc-option,-frandomize-layout-seed-file=/dev/null) + +choice + prompt "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures" + default RANDSTRUCT_FULL if COMPILE_TEST && (GCC_PLUGINS || CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT) + default RANDSTRUCT_NONE + help + If you enable this, the layouts of structures that are entirely + function pointers (and have not been manually annotated with + __no_randomize_layout), or structures that have been explicitly + marked with __randomize_layout, will be randomized at compile-time. + This can introduce the requirement of an additional information + exposure vulnerability for exploits targeting these structure + types. + + Enabling this feature will introduce some performance impact, + slightly increase memory usage, and prevent the use of forensic + tools like Volatility against the system (unless the kernel + source tree isn't cleaned after kernel installation). + + The seed used for compilation is in scripts/basic/randomize.seed. + It remains after a "make clean" to allow for external modules to + be compiled with the existing seed and will be removed by a + "make mrproper" or "make distclean". This file should not be made + public, or the structure layout can be determined. + + config RANDSTRUCT_NONE + bool "Disable structure layout randomization" + help + Build normally: no structure layout randomization. + + config RANDSTRUCT_FULL + bool "Fully randomize structure layout" + depends on CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT || GCC_PLUGINS + select MODVERSIONS if MODULES + help + Fully randomize the member layout of sensitive + structures as much as possible, which may have both a + memory size and performance impact. + + One difference between the Clang and GCC plugin + implementations is the handling of bitfields. The GCC + plugin treats them as fully separate variables, + introducing sometimes significant padding. Clang tries + to keep adjacent bitfields together, but with their bit + ordering randomized. + + config RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE + bool "Limit randomization of structure layout to cache-lines" + depends on GCC_PLUGINS + select MODVERSIONS if MODULES + help + Randomization of sensitive kernel structures will make a + best effort at restricting randomization to cacheline-sized + groups of members. It will further not randomize bitfields + in structures. This reduces the performance hit of RANDSTRUCT + at the cost of weakened randomization. +endchoice + +config RANDSTRUCT + def_bool !RANDSTRUCT_NONE + +config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT + def_bool GCC_PLUGINS && RANDSTRUCT + help + Use GCC plugin to randomize structure layout. + + This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More + information at: + * https://grsecurity.net/ + * https://pax.grsecurity.net/ + endmenu |