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<h1 id="hardened_malloc"><a href="#hardened_malloc">Documentation - hardened_malloc</a></h1>
<section id="introduction">
<h1 id="introduction"><a href="#introduction">Documentation - GrapheneOS hardened_malloc</a></h1>
<p>This documentation contains instructions to use
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc">GrapheneOS hardened_malloc</a>
memory allocator as the system's default memory allocator. These instructions apply to
both musl and glibc C libraries on Unix-based and Unix-like systems. hardened_malloc can
also be used per-application and/or per-user, in which case root permissions are not
required; this documentation focuses on system-wide usage of hardened_malloc, assumes
root privileges, and assumes the compiled library will be located in a path readable by
all users of the system.</p>
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc">hardened_malloc</a>
memory allocator as the system's default memory allocator. These instructions
apply to both musl and glibc C libraries on Unix-based and Unix-like
systems.</p>
<p>hardened_malloc can also be used per-application and/or per-user, in which
case root permissions are not required; this documentation focuses on
system-wide usage of hardened_malloc, assumes root privileges, and assumes the
compiled library will be located in a path readable and executable by all users
of the system.</p>
<p>For the complete hardened_malloc documentation, visit its
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc#hardened_malloc">official documentation</a>.</p>
<p>This documentation is also available in portable AsciiDoc format in my
<a href="https://src.inferencium.net/Inferencium/doc/src/branch/stable/security/hardened_malloc.adoc">documentation source code repository</a></p>.
<a href="https://src.inferencium.net/Inferencium/doc/src/branch/stable/security/hardened_malloc.adoc">documentation source code repository</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="toc"><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></h2>
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<li><a href="#memory_pages">Increase Permitted Amount of Memory Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#clone_source_code">Clone hardened_malloc Source Code</a></li>
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<section id="memory_pages">
<h2 id="memory_pages"><a href="#memory_pages">Increase Permitted Amount of Memory Pages</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#memory_pages">Increase Permitted Amount of Memory Pages</a></h2>
<p>Add <code>vm.max_map_count = 1048576</code> to
<code>/etc/sysctl.conf</code> to accommodate hardened_malloc's large amount of guard
pages.</p>
<code>/etc/sysctl.conf</code> to accommodate hardened_malloc's large amount of
guard pages.</p>
</section>
<section id="clone_source_code">
<h2 id="clone_source_code"><a href="#clone_source_code">Clone hardened_malloc Source Code</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#clone_source_code">Clone hardened_malloc Source Code</a></h2>
<p><code>$ git clone https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc.git</code></p>
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<section id="enter_local_repository">
<h2 id="enter_local_repository"><a href="#enter_local_repository">Enter hardened_malloc Local Git Repository</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#enter_local_repository">Enter hardened_malloc Local Git Repository</a></h2>
<p><code>$ cd hardened_malloc/</code></p>
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<section id="compile">
<h2 id="compile"><a href="#compile">Compile hardened_malloc</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#compile">Compile hardened_malloc</a></h2>
<p><code>$ make <var>&lt;arguments&gt;</var></code></p>
<p><code>CONFIG_N_ARENA=<var>n</var></code> can be adjusted to increase parallel
performance at the expense of memory usage, or decrease memory usage at the expense of
parallel performance, where <var>n</var> is an integer. Higher values prefer parallel
performance, lower values prefer lower memory usage. The number of arenas has no impact
on the security properties of hardened_malloc.<br/>
<b>Minimum number of arenas:</b> 1<br/>
<b>Maximum number of arenas:</b> 256</p>
<p>For extra security, <code>CONFIG_SEAL_METADATA=true</code> can be used in order to
control whether Memory Protection Keys are used to disable access to all writable
allocator state outside of the memory allocator code. It's currently disabled by default
due to a significant performance cost for this use case on current generation hardware.
Whether or not this feature is enabled, the metadata is all contained within an isolated
memory region with high entropy random guard regions around it.</p>
<p>For low-memory systems, <code>VARIANT=light</code> can be used to compile the light
variant of hardened_malloc, which sacrifices some security for much less memory
usage.</p>
performance at the expense of memory usage, or decrease memory usage at the
expense of parallel performance, where <code><var>n</var></code> is a
non-negative integer. Higher values prefer parallel performance, whereas lower
values prefer lower memory usage. Note that having too many arenas may cause
memory fragmentation and decrease system performance. The number of arenas has
no impact on the security properties of hardened_malloc.</p>
<table align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<th id="arena-min">Minimum</th>
<th id="arena-max">Maximum</th>
<th id="arena-def">Default</th>
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<td headers="arena-min">1</td>
<td headers="arena-max">256</td>
<td headers="arena-def">4</td>
</tr>
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</table>
<p>For extra security, <code>CONFIG_SEAL_METADATA=true</code> can be used in
order to control whether
<a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.7/core-api/protection-keys.html">Memory Protection Keys</a>
are used to disable access to all writable allocator state outside of the memory
allocator code. It's currently disabled by default due to a significant
performance cost for this use case on current-generation hardware. Whether or
not this feature is enabled, the metadata is all contained within an isolated
memory region with high-entropy random guard regions around it.</p>
<p>For low-memory systems, <code>VARIANT=light</code> can be used to compile the
light variant of hardened_malloc, which sacrifices some security for much less
memory usage. This option still produces a more hardened memory allocator than
both the default musl and glibc allocators, despite the security sacrifices over
the full variant.</p>
<p>For all compile-time options, see the
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc#configuration">configuration section</a>
of hardened_malloc's extensive official documentation.</p>
</section>
<section id="copy_library">
<h2 id="copy_library"><a href="#copy_library">Copy Compiled hardened_malloc Library</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#copy_library">Copy Compiled hardened_malloc Library</a></h2>
<p><code># cp out/libhardened_malloc.so <var>&lt;target path&gt;</var></code></p>
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<section id="preload_on_boot">
<h2 id="preload_on_boot"><a href="#preload_on_boot">Set System to Preload hardened_malloc on Boot</a></h2>
<h2><a href="#preload_on_boot">Set System to Preload hardened_malloc on Boot</a></h2>
<p><b>musl-based systems:</b> Add
<code>export LD_PRELOAD="<var>&lt;hardened_malloc path&gt;</var>"</code> to
<code>LD_PRELOAD=<var>&lt;hardened_malloc path&gt;</var></code> to
<code>/etc/environment</code></p>
<p><b>glibc-based systems:</b> Add <code><var>&lt;hardened_malloc path&gt;</var></code> to
<p><b>glibc-based systems:</b> Add
<code><var>&lt;hardened_malloc path&gt;</var></code> to
<code>/etc/ld.so.preload</code></p>
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