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Remove the optional slub_debug parameter since it is no longer recommended

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Raja Grewal 2024-07-15 02:04:25 +10:00
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@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ configuration file.
- Disable merging of slabs with similar size which reduces the risk of - Disable merging of slabs with similar size which reduces the risk of
triggering heap overflows and limits influencing slab cache layout. triggering heap overflows and limits influencing slab cache layout.
- Provides option to enable sanity checks and red zoning via slab debugging.
Not reccommened due to implicit disabling of kernel pointer hashing.
- Enable Memory zeroing at both allocation and free time which mitigate some - Enable Memory zeroing at both allocation and free time which mitigate some
use-after-free vulnerabilities by erasing sensitive information in memory. use-after-free vulnerabilities by erasing sensitive information in memory.

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etc/default/grub.d/40_kernel_hardening.cfg
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@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ kver="$(dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Version}' "$kpkg")" 2>/dev/null || tru
## ##
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX slab_nomerge" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX slab_nomerge"
## Enable sanity checks and red zoning of slabs.
##
## https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/mm/slub.html
## https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210601182202.3011020-5-swboyd@chromium.org/T/#u
##
## Disabled as enabling this implicitly disables kernel pointer hashing.
##
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX slub_debug=FZ"
## Zero memory at allocation time and free time. ## Zero memory at allocation time and free time.
## Fills newly allocated pages, freed pages, and heap objects with zeros. ## Fills newly allocated pages, freed pages, and heap objects with zeros.
## Mitigates use-after-free exploits by erasing sensitive information in memory. ## Mitigates use-after-free exploits by erasing sensitive information in memory.