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nixos/security/misc: expose l1tf mitigation option

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For the hardened profile enable flushing whenever the hypervisor enters the
guest, but otherwise leave at kernel default (conditional flushing as of
writing).
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Joachim Fasting 2018-12-26 22:22:55 +01:00
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nixos/modules/profiles/hardened.nix
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@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ with lib;
security.protectKernelImage = mkDefault true;
security.virtualization.flushL1DataCache = mkDefault "always";
security.apparmor.enable = mkDefault true;
boot.kernelParams = [

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nixos/modules/security/misc.nix
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@ -30,6 +30,41 @@ with lib;
Whether to prevent replacing the running kernel image.
'';
};
security.virtualization.flushL1DataCache = mkOption {
type = types.nullOr (types.enum [ "never" "cond" "always" ]);
default = null;
description = ''
Whether the hypervisor should flush the L1 data cache before
entering guests.
</para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>null</literal></term>
<listitem><para>uses the kernel default</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>"never"</literal></term>
<listitem><para>disables L1 data cache flushing entirely.
May be appropriate if all guests are trusted.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>"cond"</literal></term>
<listitem><para>flushes L1 data cache only for pre-determined
code paths. May leak information about the host address space
layout.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>"always"</literal></term>
<listitem><para>flushes L1 data cache every time the hypervisor
enters the guest. May incur significant performance cost.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
'';
};
};
config = mkMerge [
@ -52,5 +87,9 @@ with lib;
# Prevent replacing the running kernel image w/o reboot
boot.kernel.sysctl."kernel.kexec_load_disabled" = mkDefault true;
})
(mkIf (config.security.virtualization.flushL1DataCache != null) {
boot.kernelParams = [ "kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=${config.security.virtualization.flushL1DataCache}" ];
})
];
}