[PATCH] hardening: Refresh KCFI options, add some more

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 03:29:44PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Add some stuff that got missed along the way:
> 
> - CONFIG_UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS=y so SCS vs PAC is hardware
>   selectable.
> 
> - CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT=y while a default, just be sure.
> 
> - CONFIG_CFI_CLANG=y for x86 and arm64. (And disable FINEIBT since
>   it isn't as secure as straight KCFI.)
> 
> - CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK=y for userspace mapping sanity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

Seems reasonable to me.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan at kernel.org>

One comment below.

> ---
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars at kernel.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: x86 at kernel.org
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan at kernel.org>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers at google.com>
> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo at google.com>
> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt at google.com>
> Cc: linux-hardening at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: llvm at lists.linux.dev
> ---
>  arch/arm64/configs/hardening.config | 5 +++++
>  arch/x86/configs/hardening.config   | 9 +++++++++
>  kernel/configs/hardening.config     | 4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/hardening.config b/arch/arm64/configs/hardening.config
> index b0e795208998..e8a18fec7a3e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/configs/hardening.config
> +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/hardening.config
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN=y
>  
>  # Software Shadow Stack or PAC
>  CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK=y
> +CONFIG_UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS=y
>  
>  # Pointer authentication (ARMv8.3 and later). If hardware actually supports
>  # it, one can turn off CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG with this enabled.
> @@ -20,3 +21,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM64_E0PD=y
>  
>  # Available in ARMv8.7 and later.
>  CONFIG_ARM64_EPAN=y
> +
> +# Enable Kernel Control Flow Integrity (currently Clang only).
> +CONFIG_CFI_CLANG=y
> +# CONFIG_CFI_PERMISSIVE is not set

Should this be a part of kernel/configs/hardening.config because RISC-V
supports it (and 32-bit ARM will soon too)?

> diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/hardening.config b/arch/x86/configs/hardening.config
> index 7b497f3b7bc3..b47e5f411dd3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/configs/hardening.config
> +++ b/arch/x86/configs/hardening.config
> @@ -10,5 +10,14 @@ CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON=y
>  CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_SVM=y
>  CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y
>  
> +# Enforce CET Indirect Branch Tracking in the kernel.
> +CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT=y
> +
> +# Enable Kernel Control Flow Integrity (currently Clang only), but disable
> +# weaker FINEIBT landing pads.
> +CONFIG_CFI_CLANG=y
> +# CONFIG_CFI_PERMISSIVE is not set
> +# CONFIG_FINEIBT is not set
> +
>  # Enable CET Shadow Stack for userspace.
>  CONFIG_X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK=y
> diff --git a/kernel/configs/hardening.config b/kernel/configs/hardening.config
> index 7a5bbfc024b7..4be0de1f085c 100644
> --- a/kernel/configs/hardening.config
> +++ b/kernel/configs/hardening.config
> @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y
>  CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y
>  CONFIG_RANDOM_KMALLOC_CACHES=y
>  
> +# Sanity check userspace page table mappings.
> +CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK=y
> +CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK_ENFORCED=y
> +
>  # Randomize kernel stack offset on syscall entry.
>  CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT=y
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>