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338 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
7e267ab498 fix, allow group sudo and console to use consoles
fix /etc/security/access-security-misc.conf syntax error

Thanks to @81a989 for the bug report!

https://forums.whonix.org/t/etc-security-hardening-console-lockdown-pam-access-access-conf/8592/31
2020-08-03 08:12:19 -04:00
3cd7b144bb move "kernel.printk = 3 3 3 3" to separate file /etc/sysctl.d/30_silent-kernel-printk.conf
so package debug-misc can easily disable it

https://phabricator.whonix.org/T950
2020-05-14 13:47:58 -04:00
6485df8126 Prevent kernel info leaks in console during boot.
add kernel parameter `quiet loglevel=0`

https://phabricator.whonix.org/T950
2020-04-23 12:26:31 -04:00
8d2e4b68dc Prevent kernel info leaks in console during boot.
By setting `kernel.printk = 3 3 3 3`.

https://phabricator.whonix.org/T950

Thanks to @madaidan for the suggestion!
2020-04-16 08:00:31 -04:00
4898a9e753 fix, sysctl-initramfs: switch log to /run/initramfs/sysctl-initramfs-error.log
since ephemeral, in RAM, not written to disk, no conflict with grub-live

https://forums.whonix.org/t/kernel-hardening/7296/435
2020-04-16 07:54:33 -04:00
701da5f6cc formatting 2020-04-16 07:24:44 -04:00
253578afdf /etc/security/access-security-misc.conf white list ttyS0 etc.
ttyS0 ttyS1 ttyS2 ttyS3 ttyS4 ttyS5 ttyS6 ttyS7 ttyS8 ttyS9

Thanks to @subpar_marlin for the bug report and helping to fix this!

https://forums.whonix.org/t/how-do-i-enter-the-whonix-shell-from-cli/7271/43

https://forums.whonix.org/t/etc-security-hardening/8592
2020-04-13 06:50:32 -04:00
b3ce18f0f9 disable proc-hidepid by default because incompatible with pkexec
and undo pkexec wrapper
2020-04-12 16:54:10 -04:00
4429315291 disable proc-hidepid by default because incompatible with pkexec
and undo pkexec wrapper
2020-04-12 16:52:55 -04:00
938e929f39 add pkexec to suid default whitelist
/usr/bin/pkexec exactwhitelist
/usr/bin/pkexec.security-misc-orig exactwhitelist
2020-04-12 16:37:51 -04:00
565ff136e5 vm.swappiness=1
import from swappiness-lowest

https://forums.whonix.org/t/vm-swappiness-1-set-swapiness-to-lowest-setting-still-useful-swappiness-lowest/9278
2020-04-08 21:04:02 +00:00
72228946dc fix etc/default/grub.d/40_kernel_hardening.cfg
in Qubes if no kernel package is installed
2020-04-08 16:46:11 +00:00
5c81e1f23f import from anon-gpg-conf 2020-04-06 09:25:45 -04:00
a7f2a2a3b6 console lockdown: allow members of group sudo to use console
https://forums.whonix.org/t/etc-security-hardening/8592

https://github.com/Whonix/security-misc/pull/74#issuecomment-607748407

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Strong_Linux_User_Account_Isolation#Console_Lockdown
2020-04-02 06:04:45 -04:00
7764ee0d20 comments 2020-04-02 05:58:16 -04:00
2ceea8d1fe update copyright year 2020-04-01 08:49:59 -04:00
814f613a2f When using systemd-nspawn (chroot) then login requires console 'console' to be permitted. 2020-03-31 07:08:25 -04:00
5f0dd8270b consistent use of quotes 2020-03-21 14:14:35 -04:00
66ea1a3a12 minor 2020-03-21 14:14:15 -04:00
23bd7ead59 remove trailing space 2020-03-21 14:12:42 -04:00
89ada11cf9 Only remount if already mounted read-only 2020-03-21 17:49:07 +00:00
c8826d6702 Fix sysctl-initramfs logs 2020-03-21 17:15:25 +00:00
8dfdec1d3b Update thunar.xml
Adding Delete option for thunar on right mouse click (removed in Debian 10). See https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-host-calamares-branding-suggestion/7772/26
2020-03-17 16:38:53 +00:00
4d0de87f79 Disable unprivileged userfaultfd use again 2020-03-08 17:49:49 +00:00
efb2683cfc Hide unprivileged_userfaultfd error 2020-03-08 17:49:12 +00:00
284a491100 disable vm.unprivileged_userfaultfd=0 for now
because broken

https://forums.whonix.org/t/kernel-hardening/7296/406

reverts "Restrict the userfaultfd() syscall to root as it can make heap sprays easier."

https://duasynt.com/blog/linux-kernel-heap-spray
2020-03-08 08:07:10 -04:00
6b64b36b01 Restrict the userfaultfd() syscall to root 2020-02-24 18:23:15 +00:00
f6b6ab374e Gather more entropy during boot 2020-02-16 19:51:32 +00:00
a79ce7fa68 Document ldisc_autoload better 2020-02-15 17:30:21 +00:00
1e5946c795 Merge branch 'master' into sysrq 2020-02-15 10:41:52 +00:00
5124f8cebc Merge pull request #61 from madaidan/disable_early_pci_dma
Avoid holes in IOMMU
2020-02-15 10:18:56 +00:00
9b767139ef Avoid holes in IOMMU 2020-02-14 18:52:01 +00:00
d251c43344 Restrict the SysRq key 2020-02-14 18:17:20 +00:00
0ea7dd161b Restrict loading line disciplines to CAP_SYS_MODULE 2020-02-14 17:50:19 +00:00
ad6b766886 Merge pull request #57 from madaidan/sysctl
Prevent symlink/hardlink TOCTOU races
2020-02-13 18:40:58 +00:00
700c7ed908 Create 40_cpu_mitigations.cfg 2020-02-12 18:42:13 +00:00
ba0043b8a7 Update 40_kernel_hardening.cfg 2020-02-12 18:36:05 +00:00
5cb21d0d4d Prevent symlink/hardlink TOCTOU races 2020-02-12 18:03:23 +00:00
e4c6e897cf kvm.nx_huge_pages=force 2020-02-03 16:06:46 +00:00
85d2aa1365 hide stdout (but not stderr) by sysctl during initramfs 2020-01-30 06:13:42 -05:00
b9d65338bc unconditionally enable all CPU bugs (spectre, meltdown, L1TF, ...)
this might reduce performance

* `spectre_v2=on`
* `spec_store_bypass_disable=on`
* `tsx=off`
* `tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt`

Thanks to @madaidan for the suggestion!

https://forums.whonix.org/t/should-all-kernel-patches-for-cpu-bugs-be-unconditionally-enabled-vs-performance-vs-applicability/7647
2020-01-30 05:55:13 -05:00
c1a0da60be set kernel boot parameter l1tf=full,force and nosmt=force
https://forums.whonix.org/t/should-all-kernel-patches-for-cpu-bugs-be-unconditionally-enabled-vs-performance-vs-applicability/7647/17
2020-01-30 00:46:48 -05:00
a37da1c968 add digits to drop-in file names 2020-01-24 04:39:06 -05:00
e0aa67677d merge the many modprobe.d config files into 1
and use a name starting with double digits

to make it easier to disable settings using a lexically higher config file
2020-01-24 04:30:36 -05:00
6a4c493213 merge the many sysctl config files into 1
and use a name starting with double digits

to make it easier to disable settings using a lexically higher config file
2020-01-24 04:26:36 -05:00
6f8d89c6c5 error handling 2020-01-15 15:54:06 -05:00
f7fde60b67 Process sysctl.conf too 2020-01-15 20:28:32 +00:00
528c5fc4c4 Merge branch 'master' into sysctl-initramfs 2020-01-15 11:02:03 +00:00
80159545a5 fix xfce4-power-manager xfpm-power-backlight-helper pkexec lxsudo popup
https://forums.whonix.org/t/xfce4-power-manager-xfpm-power-backlight-helper-pkexec-lxsudo-popup/8764

do show lxqt-sudo password prompt if there is a sudoers exceptoin

improved pkexec wrapper logging
2020-01-15 02:42:10 -05:00
8c4e0ff1c4 Set sysctl values in initramfs 2020-01-12 21:37:37 +00:00