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.
23 bool "Enable different security models"
27 This allows you to choose different security modules to be
28 configured into your kernel.
30 If this option is not selected, the default Linux security
33 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
36 bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem"
38 This will build the securityfs filesystem. It is currently used by
39 various security modules (AppArmor, IMA, SafeSetID, TOMOYO, TPM).
41 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
43 config SECURITY_NETWORK
44 bool "Socket and Networking Security Hooks"
47 This enables the socket and networking security hooks.
48 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
49 implement socket and networking access controls.
50 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
52 config SECURITY_INFINIBAND
53 bool "Infiniband Security Hooks"
54 depends on SECURITY && INFINIBAND
56 This enables the Infiniband security hooks.
57 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
58 implement Infiniband access controls.
59 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
61 config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM
62 bool "XFRM (IPSec) Networking Security Hooks"
63 depends on XFRM && SECURITY_NETWORK
65 This enables the XFRM (IPSec) networking security hooks.
66 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
67 implement per-packet access controls based on labels
68 derived from IPSec policy. Non-IPSec communications are
69 designated as unlabelled, and only sockets authorized
70 to communicate unlabelled data can send without using
72 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
75 bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control"
78 This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control.
79 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
80 implement pathname based access controls.
81 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
84 bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)"
85 depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT
87 This option enables support for booting the kernel with the
88 Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize
89 Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology to perform a measured launch
90 of the kernel. If the system does not support Intel(R) TXT, this
93 Intel TXT will provide higher assurance of system configuration and
94 initial state as well as data reset protection. This is used to
95 create a robust initial kernel measurement and verification, which
96 helps to ensure that kernel security mechanisms are functioning
97 correctly. This level of protection requires a root of trust outside
100 Intel TXT also helps solve real end user concerns about having
101 confidence that their hardware is running the VMM or kernel that
102 it was configured with, especially since they may be responsible for
103 providing such assurances to VMs and services running on it.
105 See <https://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more information
107 See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information about tboot.
108 See Documentation/arch/x86/intel_txt.rst for a description of how to enable
109 Intel TXT support in a kernel boot.
111 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
113 config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
114 int "Low address space for LSM to protect from user allocation"
115 depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX
116 default 32768 if ARM || (ARM64 && COMPAT)
119 This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected
120 from userspace allocation. Keeping a user from writing to low pages
121 can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
123 For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
124 a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
125 On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
126 Programs which use vm86 functionality or have some need to map
127 this low address space will need the permission specific to the
130 config HARDENED_USERCOPY
131 bool "Harden memory copies between kernel and userspace"
134 This option checks for obviously wrong memory regions when
135 copying memory to/from the kernel (via copy_to_user() and
136 copy_from_user() functions) by rejecting memory ranges that
137 are larger than the specified heap object, span multiple
138 separately allocated pages, are not on the process stack,
139 or are part of the kernel text. This prevents entire classes
140 of heap overflow exploits and similar kernel memory exposures.
142 config FORTIFY_SOURCE
143 bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows"
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
147 # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53645
148 depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || !X86_32
150 Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions
151 where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.
153 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
154 bool "Force all usermode helper calls through a single binary"
156 By default, the kernel can call many different userspace
157 binary programs through the "usermode helper" kernel
158 interface. Some of these binaries are statically defined
159 either in the kernel code itself, or as a kernel configuration
160 option. However, some of these are dynamically created at
161 runtime, or can be modified after the kernel has started up.
162 To provide an additional layer of security, route all of these
163 calls through a single executable that can not have its name
166 Note, it is up to this single binary to then call the relevant
167 "real" usermode helper binary, based on the first argument
168 passed to it. If desired, this program can filter and pick
169 and choose what real programs are called.
171 If you wish for all usermode helper programs are to be
172 disabled, choose this option and then set
173 STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH to an empty string.
175 config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH
176 string "Path to the static usermode helper binary"
177 depends on STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
178 default "/sbin/usermode-helper"
180 The binary called by the kernel when any usermode helper
181 program is wish to be run. The "real" application's name will
182 be in the first argument passed to this program on the command
185 If you wish for all usermode helper programs to be disabled,
186 specify an empty string here (i.e. "").
188 source "security/selinux/Kconfig"
189 source "security/smack/Kconfig"
190 source "security/tomoyo/Kconfig"
191 source "security/apparmor/Kconfig"
192 source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"
193 source "security/yama/Kconfig"
194 source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"
195 source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"
196 source "security/landlock/Kconfig"
198 source "security/integrity/Kconfig"
201 prompt "First legacy 'major LSM' to be initialized"
202 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX if SECURITY_SELINUX
203 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK if SECURITY_SMACK
204 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO if SECURITY_TOMOYO
205 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR if SECURITY_APPARMOR
206 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
209 This choice is there only for converting CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY
210 in old kernel configs to CONFIG_LSM in new kernel configs. Don't
211 change this choice unless you are creating a fresh kernel config,
212 for this choice will be ignored after CONFIG_LSM has been set.
214 Selects the legacy "major security module" that will be
215 initialized first. Overridden by non-default CONFIG_LSM.
217 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
218 bool "SELinux" if SECURITY_SELINUX=y
220 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
221 bool "Simplified Mandatory Access Control" if SECURITY_SMACK=y
223 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
224 bool "TOMOYO" if SECURITY_TOMOYO=y
226 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
227 bool "AppArmor" if SECURITY_APPARMOR=y
229 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
230 bool "Unix Discretionary Access Controls"
235 string "Ordered list of enabled LSMs"
236 default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,smack,selinux,tomoyo,apparmor,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
237 default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,apparmor,selinux,smack,tomoyo,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
238 default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,tomoyo,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
239 default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,bpf" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
240 default "landlock,lockdown,yama,loadpin,safesetid,selinux,smack,tomoyo,apparmor,bpf"
242 A comma-separated list of LSMs, in initialization order.
243 Any LSMs left off this list, except for those with order
244 LSM_ORDER_FIRST and LSM_ORDER_LAST, which are always enabled
245 if selected in the kernel configuration, will be ignored.
246 This can be controlled at boot with the "lsm=" parameter.
248 If unsure, leave this as the default.
250 source "security/Kconfig.hardening"