{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.security.grsecurity; grsecLockPath = "/proc/sys/kernel/grsecurity/grsec_lock"; # Ascertain whether ZFS is required for booting the system; grsecurity is # currently incompatible with ZFS, rendering the system unbootable. zfsNeededForBoot = filter (fs: (fs.neededForBoot || elem fs.mountPoint [ "/" "/nix" "/nix/store" "/var" "/var/log" "/var/lib" "/etc" ]) && fs.fsType == "zfs") config.system.build.fileSystems != []; # Ascertain whether NixOS container support is required containerSupportRequired = config.boot.enableContainers && config.containers != {}; in { meta = { maintainers = with maintainers; [ joachifm ]; doc = ./grsecurity.xml; }; options.security.grsecurity = { enable = mkEnableOption "grsecurity/PaX"; lockTunables = mkOption { type = types.bool; example = false; default = true; description = '' Whether to automatically lock grsecurity tunables (). Disable this to allow runtime configuration of grsecurity features. Activate the grsec-lock service unit to prevent further configuration until the next reboot. ''; }; disableEfiRuntimeServices = mkOption { type = types.bool; example = false; default = true; description = '' Whether to disable access to EFI runtime services. Enabling EFI runtime services creates a venue for code injection attacks on the kernel and should be disabled if at all possible. Changing this option enters into effect upon reboot. ''; }; }; config = mkIf cfg.enable { # Allow the user to select a different package set, subject to the stated # required kernel config boot.kernelPackages = mkDefault pkgs.linuxPackages_grsec_nixos; boot.kernelParams = optional cfg.disableEfiRuntimeServices "noefi"; system.requiredKernelConfig = with config.lib.kernelConfig; [ (isEnabled "GRKERNSEC") (isEnabled "PAX") (isYES "GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL") (isYES "GRKERNSEC_SYSCTL_DISTRO") (isNO "GRKERNSEC_NO_RBAC") ]; nixpkgs.config.grsecurity = true; # Install PaX related utillities into the system profile. environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ gradm paxctl pax-utils ]; # Install rules for the grsec device node services.udev.packages = [ pkgs.gradm ]; # This service unit is responsible for locking the grsecurity tunables. The # unit is always defined, but only activated on bootup if lockTunables is # toggled. When lockTunables is toggled, failure to activate the unit will # enter emergency mode. The intent is to make it difficult to silently # enter multi-user mode without having locked the tunables. Some effort is # made to ensure that starting the unit is an idempotent operation. systemd.services.grsec-lock = { description = "Lock grsecurity tunables"; wantedBy = optional cfg.lockTunables "multi-user.target"; wants = [ "local-fs.target" "systemd-sysctl.service" ]; after = [ "local-fs.target" "systemd-sysctl.service" ]; conflicts = [ "shutdown.target" ]; restartIfChanged = false; script = '' if ${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep -Fq 0 ${grsecLockPath} ; then echo -n 1 > ${grsecLockPath} fi ''; unitConfig = { ConditionPathIsReadWrite = grsecLockPath; DefaultDependencies = false; } // optionalAttrs cfg.lockTunables { OnFailure = "emergency.target"; }; serviceConfig = { Type = "oneshot"; RemainAfterExit = true; }; }; # Configure system tunables boot.kernel.sysctl = { # Read-only under grsecurity "kernel.kptr_restrict" = mkForce null; } // optionalAttrs config.nix.useSandbox { # chroot(2) restrictions that conflict with sandboxed Nix builds "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_caps" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_chroot" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_mount" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_pivot" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_chmod" = mkForce 0; } // optionalAttrs containerSupportRequired { # chroot(2) restrictions that conflict with NixOS lightweight containers "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_chmod" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_mount" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_restrict_nice" = mkForce 0; "kernel.grsecurity.chroot_caps" = mkForce 0; }; assertions = [ { assertion = !zfsNeededForBoot; message = "grsecurity is currently incompatible with ZFS"; } ]; }; }