[PATCH v2 1/3] security: Create "kernel hardening" config area

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:44 AM Alexander Popov <alex.popov at linux.com> wrote:
>
> On 11.04.2019 21:01, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Right now kernel hardening options are scattered around various Kconfig
> > files. This can be a central place to collect these kinds of options
> > going forward. This is initially populated with the memory initialization
> > options from the gcc-plugins.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
>
> Hello Kees, hello everyone!
>
> After applying this series the kernel config looks like that:
>
> ...
> ...
> CONFIG_LSM="yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,selinux,smack,tomoyo,apparmor"
>
> #
> # Kernel hardening options
> #
>
> #
> # Memory initialization
> #
> CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE=y
> # CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER is not set
> # CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF is not set
> # CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL is not set
> # CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK is not set
> CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
>
> #
> # Crypto core or helper
> #
> CONFIG_CRYPTO_ALGAPI=y
> ...
> ...
>
> What do you think about some separator between memory initialization options and
> CONFIG_CRYPTO?

This was true before too:

...
# CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC is not set
CONFIG_LSM="yama,loadpin,safesetid,integrity,selinux,smack,tomoyo,apparmor"
CONFIG_XOR_BLOCKS=y
CONFIG_ASYNC_CORE=y
CONFIG_ASYNC_MEMCPY=y
CONFIG_ASYNC_XOR=y
CONFIG_ASYNC_PQ=y
CONFIG_ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
...

Perhaps crypto/Kconfig's comment line could move to the top of the file?

comment "Crypto core or helper"

is what generates the separator...

-- 
Kees Cook