From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753058AbdJSOwY (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:52:24 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:54894 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752808AbdJSOwW (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:52:22 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com E837A3B73D Authentication-Results: ext-mx06.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx06.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=dhowells@redhat.com 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 14/27] ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down From: David Howells To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, matthew.garrett@nebula.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com, jforbes@redhat.com Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:52:19 +0100 Message-ID: <150842473899.7923.6590815561953001126.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <150842463163.7923.11081723749106843698.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> References: <150842463163.7923.11081723749106843698.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 [10.5.110.30]); Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:52:22 +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 cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org --- 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..b33fba70ec51 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("ACPI custom methods")) + return -EPERM; + if (!(*ppos)) { /* parse the table header to get the table length */ if (count <= sizeof(struct acpi_table_header))