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Grsecurity

https://grsecurity.net/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grsecurity

grep -e PAX_MPROTECT= -e GRKERNSEC= /boot/config-hardened
sysctl kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_chmod

grep -e GRKERNSEC_CHROOT /boot/config-hardened


# https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/v3.7/main/x86_64/paxctl
apk add paxctl

# https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/v3.7/main/x86_64/gradm
# https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity/The_Administration_Utility
# gradm grsecurity RBAC administration and policy analysis utility
apk add gradm

sysctl -w kernel.pax.softmode=1 echo 'kernel.pax.softmode=1' >> /etc/sysctl.conf

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Quickstart

https://hardenedlinux.github.io/system-security/2016/08/10/grsec-kernel-full-commentary.html

use of CAP_SYS_ADMIN in chroot denied

sysctl -w kernel.grsecurity.chroot_caps=0 sysctl -w kernel.grsecurity.chroot_deny_mount=0

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity/Appendix/Grsecurity_and_PaX_Configuration_Options

PAX_MPROTECT Enabling this option will prevent programs from

  • changing the executable status of memory pages that were not originally created as executable,
  • making read-only executable pages writable again,
  • creating executable pages from anonymous memory,
  • making read-only-after-relocations (RELRO) data pages writable again.

You should say Y here to complete the protection provided by the enforcement of non-executable pages.

NOTE: you can use the 'chpax' or 'paxctl' utilities to control this feature on a per file basis.

PAX_SOFTMODE Enabling this option will allow you to run PaX in soft mode, that is, PaX features will not be enforced by default, only on executables marked explicitly. You must also enable PT_PAX_FLAGS or XATTR_PAX_FLAGS support as they are the only way to mark executables for soft mode use.

Soft mode can be activated by using the "pax_softmode=1" kernel command line option on boot. Furthermore you can control various PaX features at runtime via the entries in /proc/sys/kernel/pax.