nixpkgs/nixos/modules/profiles/hardened.nix

# 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" ];

  environment.memoryAllocator.provider = mkDefault "scudo";
  environment.variables.SCUDO_OPTIONS = mkDefault "ZeroContents=1";

  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"

    # Overwrite free'd memory
    "page_poison=1"

    # Enable page allocator randomization
    "page_alloc.shuffle=1"
  ];

  boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [
    # Obscure network protocols
    "ax25"
    "netrom"
    "rose"

    # Old or rare or insufficiently audited filesystems
    "adfs"
    "affs"
    "bfs"
    "befs"
    "cramfs"
    "efs"
    "erofs"
    "exofs"
    "freevxfs"
    "f2fs"
    "hfs"
    "hpfs"
    "jfs"
    "minix"
    "nilfs2"
    "qnx4"
    "qnx6"
    "sysv"
    "ufs"
  ];

  # Restrict ptrace() usage to processes with a pre-defined relationship
  # (e.g., parent/child)
  boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.yama.ptrace_scope" = mkOverride 500 1;

  # Hide kptrs even for processes with CAP_SYSLOG
  boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.kptr_restrict" = mkOverride 500 2;

  # Disable bpf() JIT (to eliminate spray attacks)
  boot.kernel.sysctl."net.core.bpf_jit_enable" = mkDefault false;

  # 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;
}