From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S941166AbcKPVsw (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:48:52 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51020 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S939765AbcKPVsp (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:48:45 -0500 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 Subject: [PATCH 12/16] ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down From: David Howells To: keyrings@vger.kernel.org Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, matthew.garrett@nebula.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:48:43 +0000 Message-ID: <147933292359.19316.8799773007176633243.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <147933283664.19316.12454053022687659937.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> References: <147933283664.19316.12454053022687659937.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: StGit/0.17.1-dirty MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.39]); Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:48:45 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Matthew Garrett custom_method effectively allows arbitrary access to system memory, making it possible for an attacker to circumvent restrictions on module loading. Disable it if the kernel is locked down. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett Signed-off-by: David Howells --- drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c index c68e72414a67..e4d721c330c0 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf, struct acpi_table_header table; acpi_status status; + if (kernel_is_locked_down()) + return -EPERM; + if (!(*ppos)) { /* parse the table header to get the table length */ if (count <= sizeof(struct acpi_table_header))