nixos: add optional process information hiding

This module adds an option `security.hideProcessInformation` that, when
enabled, restricts access to process information such as command-line
arguments to the process owner.  The module adds a static group "proc"
whose members are exempt from process information hiding.

Ideally, this feature would be implemented by simply adding the
appropriate mount options to `fileSystems."/proc".fsOptions`, but this
was found to not work in vmtests. To ensure that process information
hiding is enforced, we use a systemd service unit that remounts `/proc`
after `systemd-remount-fs.service` has completed.

To verify the correctness of the feature, simple tests were added to
nixos/tests/misc: the test ensures that unprivileged users cannot see
process information owned by another user, while members of "proc" CAN.

Thanks to @abbradar for feedback and suggestions.

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/hidepid.nix b/nixos/modules/security/hidepid.nix
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+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+with lib;
+
+{
+  options = {
+    security.hideProcessInformation = mkEnableOption "" // { description = ''
+      Restrict access to process information to the owning user.  Enabling
+      this option implies, among other things, that command-line arguments
+      remain private.  This option is recommended for most systems, unless
+      there's a legitimate reason for allowing unprivileged users to inspect
+      the process information of other users.
+
+      Members of the group "proc" are exempt from process information hiding.
+      To allow a service to run without process information hiding, add "proc"
+      to its supplementary groups via
+      <option>systemd.services.&lt;name?&gt;.serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups</option>.
+    ''; };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.security.hideProcessInformation {
+    users.groups.proc.gid = config.ids.gids.proc;
+
+    systemd.services.hidepid = {
+      wantedBy = [ "local-fs.target" ];
+      after = [ "systemd-remount-fs.service" ];
+      before = [ "local-fs-pre.target" "local-fs.target" "shutdown.target" ];
+      wants = [ "local-fs-pre.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+        ExecStart = ''${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/mount -o remount,hidepid=2,gid=${toString config.ids.gids.proc} /proc'';
+        ExecStop = ''${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/mount -o remount,hidepid=0,gid=0 /proc'';
+      };
+
+      unitConfig = {
+        DefaultDependencies = false;
+        Conflicts = "shutdown.target";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}