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[14/27] ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down

Message ID 20190228231203.212359-14-matthewgarrett@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series [PULL,REQUEST] Lock down patches | expand

Commit Message

Matthew Garrett Feb. 28, 2019, 11:11 p.m. UTC 
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>

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 <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@suse.com>
cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index 4451877f83b6..ac8a90dc7096 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))