Thread (58 messages) 58 messages, 10 authors, 2019-06-25

Re: [PATCH V31 19/25] x86/mmiotrace: Lock down the testmmiotrace module

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2019-03-27 15:57:54
Also in: linux-security-module, lkml

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:27:35 -0700
Matthew Garrett [off-list ref] wrote:
From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

The testmmiotrace module shouldn't be permitted when the kernel is locked
down as it can be used to arbitrarily read and write MMIO space. This is
a runtime check rather than buildtime in order to allow configurations
where the same kernel may be run in both locked down or permissive modes
depending on local policy.
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

I'm curious. Should there be a mode to lockdown the tracefs directory
too? As that can expose addresses.

-- Steve

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Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <redacted>
cc: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>
cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
cc: x86@kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
index f6ae6830b341..9e8ad665f354 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ static int __init init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long size = (read_far) ? (8 << 20) : (16 << 10);
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("MMIO trace testing", LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (mmio_address == 0) {
 		pr_err("you have to use the module argument mmio_address.\n");
 		pr_err("DO NOT LOAD THIS MODULE UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!\n");
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