From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fortify: Move FORTIFY_SOURCE under 'Kernel hardening options'
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:03:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250117130337.4716-4-mgorman@techsingularity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250117130337.4716-1-mgorman@techsingularity.net>
FORTIFY_SOURCE is a hardening option both at build and runtime. Move
it under 'Kernel hardening options'.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
security/Kconfig | 9 ---------
security/Kconfig.hardening | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index fe7346dc4bc3..bca84f839fbe 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -159,15 +159,6 @@ config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
this low address space will need the permission specific to the
systems running LSM.
-config FORTIFY_SOURCE
- bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows"
- depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
- # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53645
- depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || !X86_32
- help
- Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions
- where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.
-
config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER
bool "Force all usermode helper calls through a single binary"
help
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index 537a6431892e..8d005fe154ef 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -301,6 +301,15 @@ config HARDENED_USERCOPY_DEFAULT_ON
This has the effect of setting "hardened_usercopy=on" on the kernel
command line. This can be disabled with "hardened_usercopy=off".
+config FORTIFY_SOURCE
+ bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows"
+ depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+ # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53645
+ depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || !X86_32
+ help
+ Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions
+ where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.
+
endmenu
menu "Hardening of kernel data structures"
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-17 13:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-17 13:03 [PATCH 0/3] Allow default HARDENED_USERCOPY to be set at compile time Mel Gorman
2025-01-17 13:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm: security: Move hardened usercopy under 'Kernel hardening options' Mel Gorman
2025-01-20 21:10 ` Kees Cook
2025-01-21 9:21 ` Mel Gorman
2025-01-20 21:42 ` Paul Moore
2025-01-17 13:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm: security: Allow default HARDENED_USERCOPY to be set at compile time Mel Gorman
2025-01-20 21:21 ` Kees Cook
2025-01-21 12:35 ` Mel Gorman
2025-01-17 13:03 ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2025-01-20 21:25 ` [PATCH 3/3] fortify: Move FORTIFY_SOURCE under 'Kernel hardening options' Kees Cook
2025-01-20 21:08 ` [PATCH 0/3] Allow default HARDENED_USERCOPY to be set at compile time Kees Cook
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