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grsecurity docs: some polish
Fix minor formatting issues, excessive punctuation, and also some improved wording.
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<title>Grsecurity/PaX</title>
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<para>
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Grsecurity/PaX is a set of patches against the Linux kernel that make it
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harder to exploit bugs. The patchset includes protections such as
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enforcement of non-executable memory, address space layout randomization,
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and chroot jail hardening. These and other
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Grsecurity/PaX is a set of patches against the Linux kernel that
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implements an extensive suite of
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<link xlink:href="https://grsecurity.net/features.php">features</link>
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render entire classes of exploits inert without additional efforts on the
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part of the adversary.
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designed to increase the difficulty of exploiting kernel and
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application bugs.
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</para>
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<para>
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The NixOS grsecurity/PaX module is designed with casual users in mind and is
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intended to be compatible with normal desktop usage, without unnecessarily
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compromising security. The following sections describe the configuration
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and administration of a grsecurity/PaX enabled NixOS system. For
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more comprehensive coverage, please refer to the
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intended to be compatible with normal desktop usage, without
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<emphasis>unnecessarily</emphasis> compromising security. The
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following sections describe the configuration and administration of
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a grsecurity/PaX enabled NixOS system. For more comprehensive
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coverage, please refer to the
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<link xlink:href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity">grsecurity wikibook</link>
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and the
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<link xlink:href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grsecurity">Arch
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and each configuration requires quite a bit of testing to ensure that the
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resulting packages work as advertised. Defining additional package sets
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would likely result in a large number of functionally broken packages, to
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nobody's benefit.</para></note>.
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nobody's benefit.</para></note>
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</para>
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<sect1 xml:id="sec-grsec-enable"><title>Enabling grsecurity/PaX</title>
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The NixOS kernel is built using upstream's recommended settings for a
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desktop deployment that generally favours security over performance. This
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section details deviations from upstream's recommendations that may
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compromise operational security.
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compromise security.
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<warning><para>There may be additional problems not covered here!</para>
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</warning>.
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</warning>
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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The NixOS module conditionally weakens <command>chroot</command>
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restrictions to accommodate NixOS lightweight containers and sandboxed Nix
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builds. This is problematic if the deployment also runs a privileged
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network facing process that <emphasis>relies</emphasis> on
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builds. This can be problematic if the deployment also runs privileged
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network facing processes that <emphasis>rely</emphasis> on
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<command>chroot</command> for isolation.
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</para></listitem>
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</para>
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<para>
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The wikibook provides an exhaustive listing of
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The grsecurity/PaX wikibook provides an exhaustive listing of
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<link xlink:href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity/Appendix/Grsecurity_and_PaX_Configuration_Options">kernel configuration options</link>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The NixOS module makes several assumptions about the kernel and so
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may be incompatible with your customised kernel. Currently, the only way
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to work around incompatibilities is to eschew the NixOS module.
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to work around these incompatibilities is to eschew the NixOS
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module.
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</para>
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<para>
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If not using the NixOS module, a custom grsecurity package set can
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be specified inline instead, as in
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<programlisting>
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<listitem><para>User initiated autoloading of modules (e.g., when
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using fuse or loop devices) is disallowed; either load requisite modules
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as root or add them to<option>boot.kernelModules</option>.</para></listitem>
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as root or add them to <option>boot.kernelModules</option>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Virtualization: KVM is the preferred virtualization
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solution. Xen, Virtualbox, and VMWare are
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