[PATCH 5.1 06/54] firmware: improve LSM/IMA security behaviour

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 2472d64af2d3561954e2f05365a67692bb852f2a upstream.

The firmware loader queries if LSM/IMA permits it to load firmware
via the sysfs fallback. Unfortunately, the code does the opposite:
it expressly permits sysfs fw loading if security_kernel_load_data(
LOADING_FIRMWARE) returns -EACCES. This happens because a
zero-on-success return value is cast to a bool that's true on success.

Fix the return value handling so we get the correct behaviour.

Fixes: 6e852651f28e ("firmware: add call to LSM hook before firmware sysfs fallback")
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(enum f
 	/* Also permit LSMs and IMA to fail firmware sysfs fallback */
 	ret = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		return false;
 
 	return fw_force_sysfs_fallback(opt_flags);
 }