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[v2,6/9] firmware: add call to LSM hook before firmware sysfs fallback

Message ID 1526568530-9144-7-git-send-email-zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Mimi Zohar May 17, 2018, 2:48 p.m. UTC 
Add an LSM hook prior to allowing firmware sysfs fallback loading.

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Changelog:
- call security_kernel_read_blob()
- rename the READING_FIRMWARE_FALLBACK kernel_read_file_id enumeration to
READING_FIRMWARE_FALLBACK_SYSFS.
---
 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c | 7 +++++++
 include/linux/fs.h                      | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 358354148dec..6ec97e19c017 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@  static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
 
 static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (fw_fallback_config.ignore_sysfs_fallback) {
 		pr_info_once("Ignoring firmware sysfs fallback due to sysctl knob\n");
 		return false;
@@ -659,6 +661,11 @@  static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
 	if ((opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK))
 		return false;
 
+	/* Also permit LSMs and IMA to fail firmware sysfs fallback */
+	ret = security_kernel_read_blob(READING_FIRMWARE_FALLBACK_SYSFS);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	return fw_force_sysfs_fallback(opt_flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 760d8da1b6c7..6e31d9207435 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2810,6 +2810,7 @@  extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
 	id(UNKNOWN, unknown)		\
 	id(FIRMWARE, firmware)		\
 	id(FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER, firmware)	\
+	id(FIRMWARE_FALLBACK_SYSFS, firmware)	\
 	id(MODULE, kernel-module)		\
 	id(KEXEC_IMAGE, kexec-image)		\
 	id(KEXEC_INITRAMFS, kexec-initramfs)	\