ANSSI-BP-028 (high)
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Poison kernel stack before returning from syscalls
This option makes the kernel erase the kernel stack before returning from system calls. This has the effect of leaving the stack initialized to the poison value, which both reduces the lifetime of ...Rule Medium Severity -
Force initialization of variables containing userspace addresses
While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for anything passed by reference to another function, under the occasionally ...Rule Medium Severity -
zero-init everything passed by reference
Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed by reference and had not already been explicitly initialized. This configuration is available from kernel 4.14, but may be available if backpo...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Syslog
The syslog service has been the default Unix logging mechanism for many years. It has a number of downsides, including inconsistent log format, lack of authentication for received messages, and lac...Group -
Ensure rsyslog-gnutls is installed
TLS protocol support for rsyslog is installed. Thersyslog-gnutls
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install rsyslog-gnutls
Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.
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