devos/modules/security/mitigations.nix

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{ config, lib, options, ... }:
with lib;
let
inherit (builtins) readFile fetchurl;
cfg = config.security.mitigations;
cmdline = readFile (fetchurl {
url = "https://make-linux-fast-again.com";
sha256 = "sha256:10diw5xn5jjx79nvyjqcpdpcqihnr3y0756fsgiv1nq7w28ph9w6";
});
in {
options = {
security.mitigations.disable = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to disable spectre and meltdown mitigations in the kernel. Do
not use this in mission critical deployments, or on any machine you do
not have physical access to.
'';
};
security.mitigations.acceptRisk = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
To ensure users know what they are doing, they must explicitly accept
the risk of turning off mitigations by enabling this.
'';
};
};
config = mkIf cfg.disable {
assertions = [{
assertion = cfg.acceptRisk;
message = ''
You have enabled 'security.mitigations.disable' without accepting the
risk of disabling mitigations.
You must explicitly accept the risk of running the kernel without
Spectre or Meltdown mitigations. Set 'security.mitigations.acceptRisk'
to 'true' only if you know what your doing!
'';
}];
boot.kernelParams = splitString " " cmdline;
};
}