linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 1/6] security/fbfam: Add a Kconfig to enable the fbfam feature

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Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:21:02 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, John Wood <john.wood@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/6] security/fbfam: Add a Kconfig to enable the fbfam feature

From: John Wood <john.wood@....com>

Add a menu entry under "Security options" to enable the "Fork brute
force attack mitigation" feature.

Signed-off-by: John Wood <john.wood@....com>
---
 security/Kconfig       |  1 +
 security/fbfam/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 security/fbfam/Kconfig

diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 7561f6f99f1d..00a90e25b8d5 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ config LSM
 	  If unsure, leave this as the default.
 
 source "security/Kconfig.hardening"
+source "security/fbfam/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/security/fbfam/Kconfig b/security/fbfam/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbe7f6aad369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/fbfam/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+config FBFAM
+	bool "Fork brute force attack mitigation"
+	default n
+	help
+	  This is a user defense that detects any fork brute force attack
+	  based on the application's crashing rate. When this measure is
+	  triggered the fork system call is blocked.
+
+	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
-- 
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