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A tool for checking the security hardening options of the Linux kernel

License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Python 99.67% Nix 0.33%

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kconfig-hardened-check

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Motivation

There are plenty of security hardening options for the Linux kernel. A lot of them are not enabled by the major distros. We have to enable these options ourselves to make our systems more secure.

But nobody likes checking configs manually. So let the computers do their job!

kconfig-hardened-check.py helps me to check the Linux kernel options against my security hardening preferences, which are based on the

This tool supports checking Kconfig options and kernel cmdline parameters.

I also created Linux Kernel Defence Map that is a graphical representation of the relationships between security hardening features and the corresponding vulnerability classes or exploitation techniques.

Supported microarchitectures

  • X86_64
  • X86_32
  • ARM64
  • ARM

TODO: RISC-V

Installation

You can install the package:

pip install git+https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kconfig-hardened-check

or simply run ./bin/kconfig-hardened-check from the cloned repository.

Some Linux distributions also provide kconfig-hardened-check as a package.

Usage

usage: kconfig-hardened-check [-h] [--version] [-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}]
                              [-c CONFIG]
                              [-l CMDLINE]
                              [-m {verbose,json,show_ok,show_fail}]

A tool for checking the security hardening options of the Linux kernel

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}, --print {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}
                        print security hardening preferences for the selected architecture
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        check the kernel kconfig file against these preferences
  -l CMDLINE, --cmdline CMDLINE
                        check the kernel cmdline file against these preferences
  -m {verbose,json,show_ok,show_fail}, --mode {verbose,json,show_ok,show_fail}
                        choose the report mode

Output modes

  • no -m argument for the default output mode (see the example below)
  • -m verbose for printing additional info:
    • config options without a corresponding check
    • internals of complex checks with AND/OR, like this:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    <<< OR >>>                                                                             
CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM                         |      y      |defconfig | cut_attack_surface 
CONFIG_DEVMEM                                | is not set  |   kspp   | cut_attack_surface 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • -m show_fail for showing only the failed checks
  • -m show_ok for showing only the successful checks
  • -m json for printing the results in JSON format (for combining kconfig-hardened-check with other tools)

Example output for Fedora 34 kernel config

$ ./bin/kconfig-hardened-check -c /boot/config-5.16.20-100.fc34.x86_64 -l /proc/cmdline
[+] Kconfig file to check: /boot/config-5.16.20-100.fc34.x86_64
[+] Kernel cmdline file to check: /proc/cmdline
[+] Detected architecture: X86_64
[+] Detected kernel version: 5.16
=========================================================================================================================
              option name               | type  |desired val | decision |      reason      | check result
=========================================================================================================================
CONFIG_BUG                              |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG                       |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS                      |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR                   |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG            |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX                |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX                |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL                    |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK: version >= 5.5
CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK              |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT                    |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE                   |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_VMAP_STACK                       |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_MICROCODE                        |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_RETPOLINE                        |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_X86_SMAP                         |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES                      |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_X86_UMIP                         |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION             |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY                 |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU                      |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU                        |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT          |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION           |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_DEBUG_WX                         |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK            |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED           |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM             |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR           |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE                   |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST                       |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_DEBUG_SG                         |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS                |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_DEBUG_NOTIFIERS                  |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON         |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY        |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_KFENCE                           |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_WERROR                           |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_DMA_STRICT         |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS              |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT            |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY                |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_FALLBACK       |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK: not found
CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_PAGESPAN       |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK: not found
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG                       |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL                   |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA512                |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE                 |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO              |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: not found
CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON          |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK             |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT  |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_SCHED_CORE                       |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR            |kconfig|   65536    |   kspp   | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS                     |kconfig|     y      |maintainer| self_protection  | FAIL: not found
CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL               |kconfig|     y      |maintainer| self_protection  | FAIL: CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS not "y"
CONFIG_UBSAN_TRAP                       |kconfig|     y      |maintainer| self_protection  | FAIL: CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS not "y"
CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL                    |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER            |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_EFI_DISABLE_PCI_DMA              |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT               |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER          |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU                 |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE|kconfig| is not set |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT not "y"
CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS                |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK not "y"
CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE        |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK not "y"
CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON           |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_SVM                  |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | self_protection  | OK
CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION          |kconfig|     y      |    my    | self_protection  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_SLS                              |kconfig|     y      |    my    | self_protection  | FAIL: not found
CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU_V2                     |kconfig|     y      |    my    | self_protection  | FAIL: "m"
CONFIG_SECURITY                         |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | security_policy  | OK
CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA                    |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   | security_policy  | OK
CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE         |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   | security_policy  | OK
CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM            |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | security_policy  | OK
CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM_EARLY      |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | security_policy  | OK
CONFIG_LOCK_DOWN_KERNEL_FORCE_CONFIDENTIALITY|kconfig|     y      |  clipos  | security_policy  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS          |kconfig| is not set |    my    | security_policy  | OK: not found
CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID               |kconfig|     y      |    my    | security_policy  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN                 |kconfig|     y      |    my    | security_policy  | FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN_ENFORCE         |kconfig|     y      |    my    | security_policy  | FAIL: CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN not "y"
CONFIG_BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF           |kconfig|     y      |defconfig |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_SECCOMP                          |kconfig|     y      |defconfig |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER                   |kconfig|     y      |defconfig |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM                    |kconfig|     y      |defconfig |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD               |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK                       |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_DEVKMEM                          |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO                      |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC                      |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "m"
CONFIG_INET_DIAG                        |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_KEXEC                            |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE                       |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS                      |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_HIBERNATION                      |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION                   |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_X86_X32                          |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL               |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT                      |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_X86_MSR                          |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_MODULES                          |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_DEVMEM                           |kconfig| is not set |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM                 |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE             |kconfig|     y      |   kspp   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_ZSMALLOC_STAT                    |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER                       |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK                   |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT                      |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS                    |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS                    |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_GENERIC_TRACER                   |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER                  |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_STACK_TRACER                     |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS                    |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE                 |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE                      |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR                |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_USELIB                           |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE               |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_USERFAULTFD                      |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_HWPOISON_INJECT                  |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "m"
CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY                   |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_DEVPORT                          |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_DEBUG_FS                         |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION         |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_FAIL_FUTEX                       |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG                 |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_ACPI_CONFIGFS                    |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_EDAC_DEBUG                       |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG                   |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_BCACHE_CLOSURES_DEBUG            |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_DVB_C8SECTPFE                    |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_MTD_SLRAM                        |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_MTD_PHRAM                        |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_IO_URING                         |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_KCMP                             |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_RSEQ                             |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_LATENCYTOP                       |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_KCOV                             |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT        |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_SUNRPC_DEBUG                     |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS                   |kconfig| is not set |  grsec   |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_DRM_LEGACY                       |kconfig| is not set |maintainer|cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_FB                               |kconfig| is not set |maintainer|cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_VT                               |kconfig| is not set |maintainer|cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD                       |kconfig| is not set |maintainer|cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "m"
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD_RAWCMD                |kconfig| is not set |maintainer|cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_AIO                              |kconfig| is not set |grapheneos|cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_STAGING                          |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_KSM                              |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_KALLSYMS                         |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_X86_VSYSCALL_EMULATION           |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ                      |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE                       |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_USER_NS                          |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_X86_CPUID                        |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM                  |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE               |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_EFI_CUSTOM_SSDT_OVERLAYS         |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_LDISC_AUTOLOAD                   |kconfig| is not set |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF           |kconfig|     y      |  clipos  |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL                      |kconfig| is not set | lockdown |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_EFI_TEST                         |kconfig| is not set | lockdown |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "m"
CONFIG_MMIOTRACE_TEST                   |kconfig| is not set | lockdown |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_KPROBES                          |kconfig| is not set | lockdown |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS                |kconfig|     y      |    my    |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: not found
CONFIG_MMIOTRACE                        |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_LIVEPATCH                        |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_IP_DCCP                          |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_IP_SCTP                          |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "m"
CONFIG_FTRACE                           |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_VIDEO_VIVID                      |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| OK: not found
CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG                      |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| OK
CONFIG_KGDB                             |kconfig| is not set |    my    |cut_attack_surface| FAIL: "y"
CONFIG_INTEGRITY                        |kconfig|     y      |defconfig | harden_userspace | OK
CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS               |kconfig|     32     |  clipos  | harden_userspace | FAIL: "28"
pti                                     |cmdline|     on     |   kspp   | self_protection  | FAIL: not found

[+] Config check is finished: 'OK' - 82 / 'FAIL' - 94

kconfig-hardened-check versioning

I usually update the kernel security hardening recommendations after each Linux kernel release.

So the version of kconfig-hardened-check is associated with the corresponding version of the kernel.

The version format is: [major_number].[kernel_version].[kernel_patchlevel]

Questions and answers

Q: How disabling CONFIG_USER_NS cuts the attack surface? It's needed for containers!

A: Yes, the CONFIG_USER_NS option provides some isolation between the userspace programs, but the tool recommends disabling it to cut the attack surface of the kernel.

The rationale:


Q: Why CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS is automatically disabled during the kernel compilation?

A: It means that your gcc doesn't support plugins. For example, if you have gcc-7 on Ubuntu, try to install gcc-7-plugin-dev package, it should help.


Q: KSPP and CLIP OS recommend CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y. Why doesn't this tool do the same?

A: I personally don't support this recommendation because it provides easy denial-of-service attacks for the whole system (kernel oops is not a rare situation). I think having CONFIG_BUG is enough here -- if we have a kernel oops in the process context, the offending/attacking process is killed.


Q: What about performance impact of these security hardening options?

A: Ike Devolder @BlackIkeEagle made some performance tests and described the results in this article.


Q: Can I easily check which kernel versions support some Kconfig option?

A: Yes, see the LKDDb project (Linux Kernel Driver Database) by Giacomo Catenazzi @cateee. You can use it for the mainline or stable tree from kernel.org or for your custom kernel sources.


Q: Why enabling CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER breaks various things in my GNU/Linux system? Do I really need that feature?

A: Linux kernel usermode helpers can be used for privilege escalation in kernel exploits (example 1, example 2). CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER prevents that method. But it requires the corresponding support in the userspace: see the example implementation by Tycho Andersen @tych0.


Q: Does my kernel have all those mitigations of Transient Execution Vulnerabilities in my hardware?

A: Checking the kernel config is not enough to answer this question. I highly recommend using spectre-meltdown-checker tool maintained by Stéphane Lesimple @speed47.

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