Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # Security configuration |
| 3 | # |
| 4 | |
| 5 | menu "Security options" |
| 6 | |
| 7 | config KEYS |
| 8 | bool "Enable access key retention support" |
| 9 | help |
| 10 | This option provides support for retaining authentication tokens and |
| 11 | access keys in the kernel. |
| 12 | |
| 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. |
| 16 | |
| 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, |
| 20 | process and thread. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | config KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS |
Michael LeMay | 06ec7be | 2006-06-26 00:24:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which keys may be viewed" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | depends on KEYS |
| 27 | help |
Michael LeMay | 06ec7be | 2006-06-26 00:24:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file - through which |
| 29 | can be listed all the keys on the system that are viewable by the |
| 30 | reading process. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
Michael LeMay | 06ec7be | 2006-06-26 00:24:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | The only keys included in the list are those that grant View |
| 33 | permission to the reading process whether or not it possesses them. |
| 34 | Note that LSM security checks are still performed, and may further |
| 35 | filter out keys that the current process is not authorised to view. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Only key attributes are listed here; key payloads are not included in |
| 38 | the resulting table. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
| 42 | config SECURITY |
| 43 | bool "Enable different security models" |
Adrian Bunk | 2c40579 | 2005-08-22 18:20:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | depends on SYSFS |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | help |
| 46 | This allows you to choose different security modules to be |
| 47 | configured into your kernel. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | If this option is not selected, the default Linux security |
| 50 | model will be used. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 53 | |
Eric Paris | da31894 | 2008-08-22 11:35:57 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | config SECURITYFS |
| 55 | bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem" |
| 56 | help |
| 57 | This will build the securityfs filesystem. It is currently used by |
Mimi Zohar | 3323eec9 | 2009-02-04 09:06:58 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | the TPM bios character driver and IMA, an integrity provider. It is |
| 59 | not used by SELinux or SMACK. |
Eric Paris | da31894 | 2008-08-22 11:35:57 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | |
| 61 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 62 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | config SECURITY_NETWORK |
| 64 | bool "Socket and Networking Security Hooks" |
| 65 | depends on SECURITY |
| 66 | help |
| 67 | This enables the socket and networking security hooks. |
| 68 | If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to |
| 69 | implement socket and networking access controls. |
| 70 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 71 | |
Trent Jaeger | df71837 | 2005-12-13 23:12:27 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM |
| 73 | bool "XFRM (IPSec) Networking Security Hooks" |
| 74 | depends on XFRM && SECURITY_NETWORK |
| 75 | help |
| 76 | This enables the XFRM (IPSec) networking security hooks. |
| 77 | If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to |
| 78 | implement per-packet access controls based on labels |
| 79 | derived from IPSec policy. Non-IPSec communications are |
| 80 | designated as unlabelled, and only sockets authorized |
| 81 | to communicate unlabelled data can send without using |
| 82 | IPSec. |
| 83 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 84 | |
Kentaro Takeda | be6d3e5 | 2008-12-17 13:24:15 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | config SECURITY_PATH |
| 86 | bool "Security hooks for pathname based access control" |
| 87 | depends on SECURITY |
| 88 | help |
| 89 | This enables the security hooks for pathname based access control. |
| 90 | If enabled, a security module can use these hooks to |
| 91 | implement pathname based access controls. |
| 92 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 93 | |
Serge E. Hallyn | b537677 | 2007-10-16 23:31:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | config SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES |
Andrew G. Morgan | 84aaa7a | 2008-07-23 21:28:25 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | bool "File POSIX Capabilities" |
Serge E. Hallyn | b537677 | 2007-10-16 23:31:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | default n |
| 97 | help |
| 98 | This enables filesystem capabilities, allowing you to give |
| 99 | binaries a subset of root's powers without using setuid 0. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | If in doubt, answer N. |
| 102 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG |
James Morris | 20510f2 | 2007-10-16 23:31:32 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | bool "Root Plug Support" |
| 105 | depends on USB=y && SECURITY |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | help |
| 107 | This is a sample LSM module that should only be used as such. |
| 108 | It prevents any programs running with egid == 0 if a specific |
| 109 | USB device is not present in the system. |
| 110 | |
| 111 | See <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6279> for |
| 112 | more information about this module. |
Christoph Lameter | e0a94c2 | 2009-06-03 16:04:31 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 115 | |
Joseph Cihula | 3162534 | 2009-06-30 19:30:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | config INTEL_TXT |
| 117 | bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)" |
Shane Wang | 69575d3 | 2009-09-01 18:25:07 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 118 | depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT |
Joseph Cihula | 3162534 | 2009-06-30 19:30:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | help |
| 120 | This option enables support for booting the kernel with the |
| 121 | Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize |
| 122 | Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology to perform a measured launch |
| 123 | of the kernel. If the system does not support Intel(R) TXT, this |
| 124 | will have no effect. |
| 125 | |
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 3c556e4 | 2009-08-12 12:00:40 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | Intel TXT will provide higher assurance of system configuration and |
Joseph Cihula | 3162534 | 2009-06-30 19:30:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | initial state as well as data reset protection. This is used to |
| 128 | create a robust initial kernel measurement and verification, which |
| 129 | helps to ensure that kernel security mechanisms are functioning |
| 130 | correctly. This level of protection requires a root of trust outside |
| 131 | of the kernel itself. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | Intel TXT also helps solve real end user concerns about having |
| 134 | confidence that their hardware is running the VMM or kernel that |
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 3c556e4 | 2009-08-12 12:00:40 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | it was configured with, especially since they may be responsible for |
Joseph Cihula | 3162534 | 2009-06-30 19:30:59 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | providing such assurances to VMs and services running on it. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | See <http://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more information |
| 139 | about Intel(R) TXT. |
| 140 | See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information about tboot. |
| 141 | See Documentation/intel_txt.txt for a description of how to enable |
| 142 | Intel TXT support in a kernel boot. |
| 143 | |
| 144 | If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N. |
| 145 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | source security/selinux/Kconfig |
Casey Schaufler | e114e47 | 2008-02-04 22:29:50 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | source security/smack/Kconfig |
Kentaro Takeda | 00d7d6f | 2009-02-05 17:18:17 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | source security/tomoyo/Kconfig |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | |
Mimi Zohar | 3323eec9 | 2009-02-04 09:06:58 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | source security/integrity/ima/Kconfig |
| 151 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | endmenu |
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