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-rw-r--r--kernel/configs/hardening.config6
-rw-r--r--kernel/configs/tiny.config1
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/configs/hardening.config b/kernel/configs/hardening.config
index dd7c32fb5ac1..64caaf997fc0 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/hardening.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/hardening.config
@@ -60,9 +60,15 @@ CONFIG_LIST_HARDENED=y
# Initialize all heap variables to zero on allocation.
CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y
+# Initialize all heap variables to zero on free to reduce stale data lifetime.
+CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON=y
+
# Initialize all stack variables to zero on function entry.
CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO=y
+# Wipe kernel stack after syscall completion to reduce stale data lifetime.
+CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE=y
+
# Wipe RAM at reboot via EFI. For more details, see:
# https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-work-group-platform-reset-attack-mitigation-specification/
# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532058
diff --git a/kernel/configs/tiny.config b/kernel/configs/tiny.config
index b753695c5a8f..5dd0f0a34a73 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/tiny.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/tiny.config
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ=y
CONFIG_SLUB=y
CONFIG_SLUB_TINY=y
+CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y