Re: [PATCH 04/27] Restrict /dev/mem and /dev/kmem when the kernel is locked down

From: joeyli
Date: Fri Oct 20 2017 - 02:37:51 EST


Hi David,

Thanks for you send out this series.

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 03:51:02PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Allowing users to write to address space makes it possible for the kernel to
> be subverted, avoiding module loading restrictions. Prevent this when the
> kernel has been locked down.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>

I have reviewed and tested this patch. Please feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee

> ---
>
> drivers/char/mem.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
> index 593a8818aca9..b7c36898b689 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/mem.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
> @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ static ssize_t write_mem(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> if (p != *ppos)
> return -EFBIG;
>
> + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/dev/mem"))
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> if (!valid_phys_addr_range(p, count))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> @@ -540,6 +543,9 @@ static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> char *kbuf; /* k-addr because vwrite() takes vmlist_lock rwlock */
> int err = 0;
>
> + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/dev/kmem"))
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> if (p < (unsigned long) high_memory) {
> unsigned long to_write = min_t(unsigned long, count,
> (unsigned long)high_memory - p);
>
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