lockdown: Restrict /dev/{mem,kmem,port} when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:17:41 +0000 (17:17 -0700)
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 04:54:15 +0000 (21:54 -0700)
commit9b9d8dda1ed72e9bd560ab0ca93d322a9440510e
treeaa5a6719f76556e20ce1ca6e286d10660f1746f5
parent49fcf732bdae0550721ef73af7c45109ce26b2a9
lockdown: Restrict /dev/{mem,kmem,port} when the kernel is locked down

Allowing users to read and write to core kernel memory makes it possible
for the kernel to be subverted, avoiding module loading restrictions, and
also to steal cryptographic information.

Disallow /dev/mem and /dev/kmem from being opened this when the kernel has
been locked down to prevent this.

Also disallow /dev/port from being opened to prevent raw ioport access and
thus DMA from being used to accomplish the same thing.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
drivers/char/mem.c
include/linux/security.h
security/lockdown/lockdown.c