## Copyright (C) 2019 - 2023 ENCRYPTED SUPPORT LP ## See the file COPYING for copying conditions. kpkg="linux-image-$(dpkg --print-architecture)" || true kver="$(dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Version}' "$kpkg")" 2>/dev/null || true #echo "## kver: $kver" ## Disables the merging of slabs of similar sizes. ## Sometimes a slab can be used in a vulnerable way which an attacker can exploit. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX slab_nomerge" ## Enables sanity checks (F) and redzoning (Z). ## Disabled due to kernel deciding to implicitly disable kernel pointer hashing ## https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/792702911f581f7793962fbeb99d5c3a1b28f4c3 #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX slub_debug=FZ" ## Zero memory at allocation and free time. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX init_on_alloc=1 init_on_free=1" ## Machine check exception handler decides whether the system should panic or not based on the exception that happened. ## https://forums.whonix.org/t/kernel-hardening/7296/494 #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX mce=0" ## Enables Kernel Page Table Isolation which mitigates Meltdown and improves KASLR. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX pti=on" ## Vsyscalls are obsolete, are at fixed addresses and are a target for ROP. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX vsyscall=none" ## Enables page allocator freelist randomization. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX page_alloc.shuffle=1" ## Enables randomisation of the kernel stack offset on syscall entries (introduced in kernel 5.13). ## https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/18/246 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX randomize_kstack_offset=on" ## Enables kernel lockdown. ## ## Disabled for now as it enforces module signature verification which breaks ## too many things. ## https://forums.whonix.org/t/enforce-kernel-module-software-signature-verification-module-signing-disallow-kernel-module-loading-by-default/7880 ## #if dpkg --compare-versions "${kver}" ge "5.4"; then # GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX lockdown=confidentiality" #fi ## Gather more entropy during boot. ## ## Requires linux-hardened kernel patch. ## https://github.com/anthraxx/linux-hardened GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX extra_latent_entropy" ## Restrict access to debugfs since it can contain a lot of sensitive information. ## https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/16/122 ## https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/fb1201aececc59990b75ef59fca93ae4aa1e1444/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt#L835-L848 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX debugfs=off" ## Force the kernel to panic on "oopses" (which may be due to false positives) ## https://forums.whonix.org/t/set-oops-panic-kernel-parameter-or-kernel-panic-on-oops-1-sysctl-for-better-security/7713 ## Implemented differently: ## /usr/libexec/security-misc/panic-on-oops ## /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50panic_on_oops ## /etc/sudoers.d/security-misc #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX oops=panic"