Re: [RFC][PATCH] Lock down kprobes

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Nov 09 2017 - 10:31:20 EST


So this?

Thanks,
David
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commit b5bb759d5e7f99c357b82b8066a9106b817de965
Author: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Nov 8 16:14:12 2017 +0000

Lock down kprobes

Disallow the creation of kprobes when the kernel is locked down by
preventing their registration.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index a1606a4224e1..f06023b0936c 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1530,6 +1530,9 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
struct module *probed_mod;
kprobe_opcode_t *addr;

+ if (kernel_is_locked_down("Use of kprobes"))
+ return -EPERM;
+
/* Adjust probe address from symbol */
addr = kprobe_addr(p);
if (IS_ERR(addr))