KSPP kernel build and packaging scripts for Slackware Linux

See:

• Kernel Self Protection Project
• Kernel Self-Protection

How to use?

(In a nutshell)

1. Get the latest kernel-source package
2. Get the appropriate config from the configs dir and cat that to .config in your kernel sources dir
3. Compile the kernel
4. Run the appropriate packaging script(s)
5. Install the new KSPP kernel package
6. Configure LILO and make the initrd image) if necessary
7. Profit

Modules

The packaging script for the kernel modules requires that you first run make modules_install and then run the packaging script itself. After that, you can remove the installed modules and install the package.

Notes

• There are different branches for different kernel versions, so check the branches for the latest version, as the most recent is not necessarily merged into master.
• You can check that the configurations are correct with kconfig-hardened-check

Exceptions

The following settings are not set:

# This needs userspace support, and will break "regular" distros. See: https://github.com/tych0/huldufolk
CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER=y

# Randomize the layout of system structures. This may have dramatic performance impact, so
# use with caution or also use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE=y
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT=y
# CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE is not set

And also the 32-bit stuff:

• CONFIG_COMPAT
• CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
• CONFIG_X86_X32

Verify

• Linux kernel can be verified with Greg Kroah-Hartman’s PGP key 0x38DBBDC86092693E