2 # Security configuration
5 menu "Security options"
8 bool "Enable access key retention support"
10 This option provides support for retaining authentication tokens and
11 access keys in the kernel.
13 It also includes provision of methods by which such keys might be
14 associated with a process so that network filesystems, encryption
15 support and the like can find them.
17 Furthermore, a special type of key is available that acts as keyring:
18 a searchable sequence of keys. Each process is equipped with access
19 to five standard keyrings: UID-specific, GID-specific, session,
22 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
25 tristate "TRUSTED KEYS"
26 depends on KEYS && TCG_TPM
31 This option provides support for creating, sealing, and unsealing
32 keys in the kernel. Trusted keys are random number symmetric keys,
33 generated and RSA-sealed by the TPM. The TPM only unseals the keys,
34 if the boot PCRs and other criteria match. Userspace will only ever
37 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
40 tristate "ENCRYPTED KEYS"
49 This option provides support for create/encrypting/decrypting keys
50 in the kernel. Encrypted keys are kernel generated random numbers,
51 which are encrypted/decrypted with a 'master' symmetric key. The
52 'master' key can be either a trusted-key or user-key type.
53 Userspace only ever sees/stores encrypted blobs.
55 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
57 config KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
58 bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which keys may be viewed"
61 This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file - through which
62 can be listed all the keys on the system that are viewable by the
65 The only keys included in the list are those that grant View
66 permission to the reading process whether or not it possesses them.
67 Note that LSM security checks are still performed, and may further
68 filter out keys that the current process is not authorised to view.
70 Only key attributes are listed here; key payloads are not included in
73 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
75 config SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT
76 bool "Restrict unprivileged access to the kernel syslog"
79 This enforces restrictions on unprivileged users reading the kernel
82 If this option is not selected, no restrictions will be enforced
83 unless the dmesg_restrict sysctl is explicitly set to (1).
85 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
88 bool "Enable different security models"
91 This allows you to choose different security modules to be
92 configured into your kernel.
94 If this option is not selected, the default Linux security
97 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
100 bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem"
102 This will build the securityfs filesystem. It is currently used by
103 the TPM bios character driver and IMA, an integrity provider. It is
104 not used by SELinux or SMACK.
106 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
108 config SECURITY_NETWORK
109 bool "Socket and Networking Security Hooks"
112 This enables the socket and networking security hooks.
113 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
114 implement socket and networking access controls.
115 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
117 config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM
118 bool "XFRM (IPSec) Networking Security Hooks"
119 depends on XFRM && SECURITY_NETWORK
121 This enables the XFRM (IPSec) networking security hooks.
122 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
123 implement per-packet access controls based on labels
124 derived from IPSec policy. Non-IPSec communications are
125 designated as unlabelled, and only sockets authorized
126 to communicate unlabelled data can send without using
128 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
131 bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control"
134 This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control.
135 If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to
136 implement pathname based access controls.
137 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
140 bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)"
141 depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT
143 This option enables support for booting the kernel with the
144 Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize
145 Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology to perform a measured launch
146 of the kernel. If the system does not support Intel(R) TXT, this
149 Intel TXT will provide higher assurance of system configuration and
150 initial state as well as data reset protection. This is used to
151 create a robust initial kernel measurement and verification, which
152 helps to ensure that kernel security mechanisms are functioning
153 correctly. This level of protection requires a root of trust outside
154 of the kernel itself.
156 Intel TXT also helps solve real end user concerns about having
157 confidence that their hardware is running the VMM or kernel that
158 it was configured with, especially since they may be responsible for
159 providing such assurances to VMs and services running on it.
161 See <http://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more information
163 See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information about tboot.
164 See Documentation/intel_txt.txt for a description of how to enable
165 Intel TXT support in a kernel boot.
167 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
169 config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
170 int "Low address space for LSM to protect from user allocation"
171 depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX
175 This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected
176 from userspace allocation. Keeping a user from writing to low pages
177 can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
179 For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
180 a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
181 On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
182 Programs which use vm86 functionality or have some need to map
183 this low address space will need the permission specific to the
186 source security/selinux/Kconfig
187 source security/smack/Kconfig
188 source security/tomoyo/Kconfig
189 source security/apparmor/Kconfig
191 source security/integrity/Kconfig
194 prompt "Default security module"
195 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX if SECURITY_SELINUX
196 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK if SECURITY_SMACK
197 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO if SECURITY_TOMOYO
198 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR if SECURITY_APPARMOR
199 default DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
202 Select the security module that will be used by default if the
203 kernel parameter security= is not specified.
205 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
206 bool "SELinux" if SECURITY_SELINUX=y
208 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
209 bool "Simplified Mandatory Access Control" if SECURITY_SMACK=y
211 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
212 bool "TOMOYO" if SECURITY_TOMOYO=y
214 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
215 bool "AppArmor" if SECURITY_APPARMOR=y
217 config DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
218 bool "Unix Discretionary Access Controls"
222 config DEFAULT_SECURITY
224 default "selinux" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_SELINUX
225 default "smack" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_SMACK
226 default "tomoyo" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_TOMOYO
227 default "apparmor" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
228 default "" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC