[RESEND PATCH v5 3.16-rc4 8/8] kdb: Allow access to sensitive commands to be restricted by default

From: Daniel Thompson
Date: Fri Jul 11 2014 - 07:37:21 EST


Currently kiosk mode must be explicitly requested by the bootloader or
userspace. It is convenient to be able to change the default value in a
similar manner to CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_MASK.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kgdb-bugreport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 2 +-
lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
index c670fe4..a11a26b 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
#undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
#define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "kdb."

-static int kdb_cmd_enabled;
+static int kdb_cmd_enabled = CONFIG_KDB_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
module_param_named(cmd_enable, kdb_cmd_enabled, int, 0600);

#define GREP_LEN 256
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
index 358eb81..fbbcff6 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kgdb
@@ -73,6 +73,31 @@ config KGDB_KDB
help
KDB frontend for kernel

+config KDB_DEFAULT_ENABLE
+ hex "KDB: Select kdb command functions to be enabled by default"
+ depends on KGDB_KDB
+ default 0x1
+ help
+ Specifiers which kdb commands are enabled by default. This may
+ be set to 1 or 0 to enable all commands or disable almost all
+ commands.
+
+ Alternatively the following bitmask applies:
+
+ 0x0002 - allow arbitrary reads from memory and symbol lookup
+ 0x0004 - allow arbitrary writes to memory
+ 0x0008 - allow current register state to be inspected
+ 0x0010 - allow current register state to be modified
+ 0x0020 - allow passive inspection (backtrace, process list, lsmod)
+ 0x0040 - allow flow control management (breakpoint, single step)
+ 0x0080 - enable signalling of processes
+ 0x0100 - allow machine to be rebooted
+
+ The config option merely sets the default at boot time. Both
+ issuing 'echo X > /sys/module/kdb/parameters/kdb.cmd_enable' or
+ setting with kdb.cmd_enable=X kernel command line option will
+ override the default settings.
+
config KDB_KEYBOARD
bool "KGDB_KDB: keyboard as input device"
depends on VT && KGDB_KDB
--
1.9.3

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