diff --git a/kernel/build/config-amd64 b/kernel/build/config-amd64
index f28de44d7..addc568d9 100644
--- a/kernel/build/config-amd64
+++ b/kernel/build/config-amd64
@@ -1163,7 +1163,11 @@ CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP=y
 CONFIG_INET_TABLE_PERTURB_ORDER=16
 CONFIG_INET_XFRM_TUNNEL=y
 CONFIG_INET_TUNNEL=y
-# CONFIG_INET_DIAG is not set
+CONFIG_INET_DIAG=y
+CONFIG_INET_TCP_DIAG=y
+CONFIG_INET_UDP_DIAG=y
+# CONFIG_INET_RAW_DIAG is not set
+CONFIG_INET_DIAG_DESTROY=y
 CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ADVANCED=y
 # CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC is not set
 CONFIG_TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
@@ -1564,6 +1568,7 @@ CONFIG_BRIDGE_EBT_LOG=y
 CONFIG_BRIDGE_EBT_NFLOG=y
 # CONFIG_BPFILTER is not set
 CONFIG_IP_DCCP=y
+CONFIG_INET_DCCP_DIAG=y
 
 #
 # DCCP CCIDs Configuration
@@ -1587,6 +1592,7 @@ CONFIG_SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5=y
 # CONFIG_SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_NONE is not set
 CONFIG_SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5=y
 # CONFIG_SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1 is not set
+CONFIG_INET_SCTP_DIAG=y
 CONFIG_RDS=y
 # CONFIG_RDS_RDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RDS_TCP is not set
diff --git a/kernel/build/config-arm64 b/kernel/build/config-arm64
index a2ad8ad10..13aa39deb 100644
--- a/kernel/build/config-arm64
+++ b/kernel/build/config-arm64
@@ -1198,7 +1198,11 @@ CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP=y
 CONFIG_INET_TABLE_PERTURB_ORDER=16
 CONFIG_INET_XFRM_TUNNEL=y
 CONFIG_INET_TUNNEL=y
-# CONFIG_INET_DIAG is not set
+CONFIG_INET_DIAG=y
+CONFIG_INET_TCP_DIAG=y
+CONFIG_INET_UDP_DIAG=y
+# CONFIG_INET_RAW_DIAG is not set
+CONFIG_INET_DIAG_DESTROY=y
 CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ADVANCED=y
 # CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC is not set
 CONFIG_TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
@@ -1606,6 +1610,7 @@ CONFIG_SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5=y
 # CONFIG_SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_NONE is not set
 CONFIG_SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5=y
 # CONFIG_SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1 is not set
+CONFIG_INET_SCTP_DIAG=y
 CONFIG_RDS=y
 # CONFIG_RDS_RDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_RDS_TCP is not set
diff --git a/kernel/build/scripts/filter-hardened-check.py b/kernel/build/scripts/filter-hardened-check.py
index b13a5d481..7922dd66c 100644
--- a/kernel/build/scripts/filter-hardened-check.py
+++ b/kernel/build/scripts/filter-hardened-check.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     'CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DEVELOP', # SELinux enabled, but permissive unless enforcing=1. TODO: force enforcing mode when complete
     'CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS', # Renamed in the kernel to 'CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS'
     'CONFIG_EFI_DISABLE_PCI_DMA', # enabling this breaks boot with no visible error messages to debug (https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/issues/8743)
+    'CONFIG_INET_DIAG', # last vulnerability prior to v4.1. Required for CNIs such as Cilium to terminate sockets. (https://github.com/siderolabs/pkgs/issues/1028)
 }
 
 """