add hardened-extended preset

examples/configuration.nix

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
     # decreases performance by ~50%.
     # Turn it off when not needed.
     <nix-bitcoin/modules/presets/hardened.nix>
+    #
+    # You can enable the hardened-extended preset instead to further improve security
+    # at the cost of functionality and performance.
+    # See the comments at the top of `hardened-extended.nix` for further details.
+    # <nix-bitcoin/modules/presets/hardened-extended.nix>
 
     # FIXME: Uncomment next line to import your hardware configuration. If so,
     # add the hardware configuration file to the same directory as this file.

modules/presets/hardened-extended.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# This preset adds additional hardening settings on top of the
+# default ./hardened.nix preset.
+# These settings trade even more functionality and performance for increased security.
+
+# This preset enables usbguard. Use `services.usbguard.rules` to whitelist
+# select devices.
+#
+# See madaidan's Linux Hardening Guide for detailed explanations:
+# https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html
+
+{
+  imports = [
+    # Build on standard hardened preset
+    ./hardened.nix
+  ];
+
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = {
+    # Prevent boot console kernel log information leaks
+    "kernel.printk" = "3 3 3 3";
+
+    # Restrict loading TTY line disciplines to the CAP_SYS_MODULE capability to
+    # prevent unprivileged attackers from loading vulnerable line disciplines with
+    # the TIOCSETD ioctl
+    "dev.tty.ldisc_autoload" = "0";
+
+    # The SysRq key exposes a lot of potentially dangerous debugging functionality
+    # to unprivileged users
+    "kernel.sysrq" = "4";
+
+    # Protect against time-wait assassination by dropping RST packets for sockets
+    # in the time-wait state
+    "net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337" = "1";
+
+    # Disable accepting IPv6 router advertisements
+    "net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra" = "0";
+    "net.ipv6.default.accept_ra" = "0";
+
+    # Disable TCP SACK. SACK is commonly exploited and unnecessary for many
+    # circumstances so it should be disabled if you don't require it
+    "net.ipv4.tcp_sack" = "0";
+    "net.ipv4.tcp_dsack" = "0";
+
+    # Restrict usage of ptrace to only processes with the CAP_SYS_PTRACE
+    # capability
+    "kernel.yama.ptrace_scope" = "2";
+
+    # Prevent creating files in potentially attacker-controlled environments such
+    # as world-writable directories to make data spoofing attacks more difficult
+    "fs.protected_fifos" = "2";
+    "fs.protected_regular" = "2";
+
+    # Avoid leaking system time with TCP timestamps
+    "net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps" = "0";
+
+    # Disable core dumps
+    "syskernel.core_pattern" = "|/bin/false";
+    "fs.suid_dumpable" = "0";
+
+    # Only swap when absolutely necessary
+    "vm.swappiness" = "1";
+  };
+
+  boot.kernelParams = [
+    # Disable slab merging which significantly increases the difficulty of heap
+    # exploitation by preventing overwriting objects from merged caches and by
+    # making it harder to influence slab cache layout
+    "slab_nomerge"
+
+    # Disable vsyscalls as they are obsolete and have been replaced with vDSO.
+    # vsyscalls are also at fixed addresses in memory, making them a potential
+    # target for ROP attacks
+    "vsyscall=none"
+
+    # Disable debugfs which exposes a lot of sensitive information about the
+    # kernel
+    "debugfs=off"
+
+    # Sometimes certain kernel exploits will cause what is known as an "oops".
+    # This parameter will cause the kernel to panic on such oopses, thereby
+    # preventing those exploits
+    "oops=panic"
+
+    # Only allow kernel modules that have been signed with a valid key to be
+    # loaded, which increases security by making it much harder to load a
+    # malicious kernel module
+    "module.sig_enforce=1"
+
+    # The kernel lockdown LSM can eliminate many methods that user space code
+    # could abuse to escalate to kernel privileges and extract sensitive
+    # information. This LSM is necessary to implement a clear security boundary
+    # between user space and the kernel
+    "lockdown=confidentiality"
+
+    # These parameters prevent information leaks during boot and must be used
+    # in combination with the kernel.printk
+    "quiet loglevel=0"
+  ];
+
+  boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [
+    # Obscure networking protocols
+    "dccp"
+    "sctp"
+    "rds"
+    "tipc"
+    "n-hdlc"
+    "x25"
+    "decnet"
+    "econet"
+    "af_802154"
+    "ipx"
+    "appletalk"
+    "psnap"
+    "p8023"
+    "p8022"
+    "can"
+    "atm"
+    # Various rare filesystems
+    "jffs2"
+    "hfsplus"
+    "squashfs"
+    "udf"
+    "cifs"
+    "nfs"
+    "nfsv3"
+    "nfsv4"
+    "gfs2"
+    # vivid driver is only useful for testing purposes and has been the cause
+    # of privilege escalation vulnerabilities
+    "vivid"
+    # Disable Bluetooth
+    "bluetooth"
+    "btusb"
+    # Disable webcam
+    "uvcvideo"
+    # Disable Thunderbolt and FireWire to prevent DMA attacks
+    "thunderbolt"
+    "firewire-core"
+  ];
+
+  services.usbguard.enable = true;
+}

test/tests.nix

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ let
     hardened = {
       imports = [
         scenarios.secureNode
-        ../modules/presets/hardened.nix
+        ../modules/presets/hardened-extended.nix
       ];
     };