Re: [PATCH 15/24] asus-wmi: Restrict debugfs interface when the kernel is locked down

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Apr 07 2017 - 06:25:57 EST


On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:16 PM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We have no way of validating what all of the Asus WMI methods do on a given
> machine - and there's a risk that some will allow hardware state to be
> manipulated in such a way that arbitrary code can be executed in the
> kernel, circumventing module loading restrictions. Prevent that if the
> kernel is locked down.

> + if (kernel_is_locked_down())
> + return -EPERM;

It looks a bit fragile when responsility of whatever reasons kernel
can't serve become a driver burden.
Can we fix this in debugfs framework instead?

> +
> err = asus_wmi_get_devstate(asus, asus->debug.dev_id, &retval);
>
> if (err < 0)
> @@ -1916,6 +1919,9 @@ static int show_devs(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
> int err;
> u32 retval = -1;
>
> + if (kernel_is_locked_down())
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(asus->debug.dev_id, asus->debug.ctrl_param,
> &retval);
>
> @@ -1940,6 +1946,9 @@ static int show_call(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
> union acpi_object *obj;
> acpi_status status;
>
> + if (kernel_is_locked_down())
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> status = wmi_evaluate_method(ASUS_WMI_MGMT_GUID,
> 1, asus->debug.method_id,
> &input, &output);
>



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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko