Commit 60a83b77 by Alexander Popov

Update the README and comments after adding ARM support

parent 53c4c513
...@@ -9,31 +9,36 @@ make our systems more secure. ...@@ -9,31 +9,36 @@ make our systems more secure.
But nobody likes checking configs manually. So let the computers do their job! But nobody likes checking configs manually. So let the computers do their job!
__kconfig-hardened-check.py__ helps me to check the Linux kernel Kconfig option list __kconfig-hardened-check.py__ helps me to check the Linux kernel Kconfig option list
against my hardening preferences for `x86_64`, which are based on the against my hardening preferences, which are based on the
[KSPP recommended settings][1] and last public [grsecurity][2] patch (options [KSPP recommended settings][1] and last public [grsecurity][2] patch (options
which they disable). which they disable).
Please don't cry if my Python code looks like C. I'm just a kernel developer. Please don't cry if my Python code looks like C. I'm just a kernel developer.
__TODO:__ add hardening preferences for ARM. ## Supported microarchitectures
- X86_64
- X86_32
- ARM64
- ARM
## Script output examples ## Script output examples
### Usage ### Usage
``` ```
#./kconfig-hardened-check.py #usage: kconfig-hardened-check.py [-h] [-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}]
usage: kconfig-hardened-check.py [-h] [-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64}] [-c CONFIG] [-c CONFIG] [--debug]
[--debug]
Checks the hardening options in the Linux kernel config Checks the hardening options in the Linux kernel config
optional arguments: optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit -h, --help show this help message and exit
-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64}, --print {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64} -p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}, --print {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}
print hardening preferences for selected architecture print hardening preferences for selected architecture
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
check the config_file against these preferences check the config_file against these preferences
--debug enable internal debug mode --debug enable internal debug mode
``` ```
### Script output for `Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)` kernel config ### Script output for `Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)` kernel config
...@@ -47,7 +52,6 @@ optional arguments: ...@@ -47,7 +52,6 @@ optional arguments:
CONFIG_BUG | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_BUG | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG | y |defconfig | self_protection ||CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: OK ("y") CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG | y |defconfig | self_protection ||CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: OK ("y")
CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
...@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ optional arguments: ...@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ optional arguments:
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_UMIP | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_X86_INTEL_UMIP | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_VMAP_STACK | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK CONFIG_VMAP_STACK | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK | y |defconfig | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION | y | kspp | self_protection || FAIL: "is not set" CONFIG_BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION | y | kspp | self_protection || FAIL: "is not set"
CONFIG_DEBUG_WX | y | kspp | self_protection || OK CONFIG_DEBUG_WX | y | kspp | self_protection || OK
CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK | y | kspp | self_protection || OK CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK | y | kspp | self_protection || OK
......
...@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ ...@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
# #
# This script helps me to check the Linux kernel Kconfig option list # This script helps me to check the Linux kernel Kconfig option list
# against my hardening preferences for x86_64. Let the computers do their job! # against my hardening preferences for X86_64, ARM64, X86_32, and ARM.
# Let the computers do their job!
# #
# Author: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com> # Author: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
# #
...@@ -25,9 +26,6 @@ ...@@ -25,9 +26,6 @@
# #
# N.B. Hardening sysctl's: # N.B. Hardening sysctl's:
# net.core.bpf_jit_harden # net.core.bpf_jit_harden
#
#
# TODO: add hardening preferences for ARM
import sys import sys
from argparse import ArgumentParser from argparse import ArgumentParser
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