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+# A profile with most (vanilla) hardening options enabled by default,
+# potentially at the cost of features and performance.
+
+{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+{
+ meta = {
+ maintainers = [ maintainers.joachifm ];
+ };
+
+ boot.kernelPackages = mkDefault pkgs.linuxPackages_hardened;
+
+ nix.allowedUsers = mkDefault [ "@users" ];
+
+ security.hideProcessInformation = mkDefault true;
+
+ security.lockKernelModules = mkDefault true;
+
+ security.allowUserNamespaces = mkDefault false;
+
+ security.protectKernelImage = mkDefault true;
+
+ security.allowSimultaneousMultithreading = mkDefault false;
+
+ security.forcePageTableIsolation = mkDefault true;
+
+ security.virtualisation.flushL1DataCache = mkDefault "always";
+
+ security.apparmor.enable = mkDefault true;
+
+ boot.kernelParams = [
+ # Slab/slub sanity checks, redzoning, and poisoning
+ "slub_debug=FZP"
+
+ # Disable slab merging to make certain heap overflow attacks harder
+ "slab_nomerge"
+
+ # Overwrite free'd memory
+ "page_poison=1"
+
+ # Disable legacy virtual syscalls
+ "vsyscall=none"
+
+ # Enable page allocator randomization
+ "page_alloc.shuffle=1"
+ ];
+
+ boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [
+ # Obscure network protocols
+ "ax25"
+ "netrom"
+ "rose"
+ ];
+
+ # Restrict ptrace() usage to processes with a pre-defined relationship
+ # (e.g., parent/child)
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.yama.ptrace_scope" = mkOverride 500 1;
+
+ # Restrict access to kernel ring buffer (information leaks)
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.dmesg_restrict" = mkDefault true;
+
+ # Hide kptrs even for processes with CAP_SYSLOG
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.kptr_restrict" = mkOverride 500 2;
+
+ # Unprivileged access to bpf() has been used for privilege escalation in
+ # the past
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled" = mkDefault true;
+
+ # Disable bpf() JIT (to eliminate spray attacks)
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.core.bpf_jit_enable" = mkDefault false;
+
+ # ... or at least apply some hardening to it
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.core.bpf_jit_harden" = mkDefault true;
+
+ # Raise ASLR entropy for 64bit & 32bit, respectively.
+ #
+ # Note: mmap_rnd_compat_bits may not exist on 64bit.
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.mmap_rnd_bits" = mkDefault 32;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.mmap_rnd_compat_bits" = mkDefault 16;
+
+ # Allowing users to mmap() memory starting at virtual address 0 can turn a
+ # NULL dereference bug in the kernel into code execution with elevated
+ # privilege. Mitigate by enforcing a minimum base addr beyond the NULL memory
+ # space. This breaks applications that require mapping the 0 page, such as
+ # dosemu or running 16bit applications under wine. It also breaks older
+ # versions of qemu.
+ #
+ # The value is taken from the KSPP recommendations (Debian uses 4096).
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.mmap_min_addr" = mkDefault 65536;
+
+ # Disable ftrace debugging
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.ftrace_enabled" = mkDefault false;
+
+ # Enable strict reverse path filtering (that is, do not attempt to route
+ # packets that "obviously" do not belong to the iface's network; dropped
+ # packets are logged as martians).
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians" = mkDefault true;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter" = mkDefault "1";
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians" = mkDefault true;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter" = mkDefault "1";
+
+ # Ignore broadcast ICMP (mitigate SMURF)
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts" = mkDefault true;
+
+ # Ignore incoming ICMP redirects (note: default is needed to ensure that the
+ # setting is applied to interfaces added after the sysctls are set)
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+
+ # Ignore outgoing ICMP redirects (this is ipv4 only)
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects" = mkDefault false;
+
+ # Restrict userfaultfd syscalls to processes with the SYS_PTRACE capability
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.unprivileged_userfaultfd" = mkDefault false;
+}