Re: [PATCH V31 25/25] debugfs: Disable open() when kernel is locked down

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 07:06:36PM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 5:31 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:27:41AM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > > From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > debugfs has not been meaningfully audited in terms of ensuring that
> > > userland cannot trample over the kernel. At Greg's request, disable
> > > access to it entirely when the kernel is locked down. This is done at
> > > open() time rather than init time as the kernel lockdown status may be
> > > made stricter at runtime.
> 
> (snip)
> 
> > Why allow all this, why not just abort the registering of the filesystem
> > with the vfs core so it can't even be mounted?
> 
> As mentioned in the commit message, because the lockdown state can be
> made stricter at runtime - blocking at mount time would be
> inconsistent if the machine is locked down afterwards. We could
> potentially assert that it's the admin's responsibility to ensure that
> debugfs isn't mounted at the point of policy being made stricter?

Ugh, I can not read, sorry, neverind.

The patch is fine as-is.

greg k-h