[PATCH V39] Enforce module signatures if the kernel is locked down

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Fri Aug 09 2019 - 17:00:00 EST


From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>

If the kernel is locked down, require that all modules have valid
signatures that we can verify.

I have adjusted the errors generated:

(1) If there's no signature (ENODATA) or we can't check it (ENOPKG,
ENOKEY), then:

(a) If signatures are enforced then EKEYREJECTED is returned.

(b) If there's no signature or we can't check it, but the kernel is
locked down then EPERM is returned (this is then consistent with
other lockdown cases).

(2) If the signature is unparseable (EBADMSG, EINVAL), the signature fails
the check (EKEYREJECTED) or a system error occurs (eg. ENOMEM), we
return the error we got.

Note that the X.509 code doesn't check for key expiry as the RTC might not
be valid or might not have been transferred to the kernel's clock yet.

[Modified by Matthew Garrett to remove the IMA integration. This will
be replaced with integration with the IMA architecture policy
patchset.]

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthewgarrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/security.h | 1 +
init/Kconfig | 5 +++++
kernel/module.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
security/lockdown/Kconfig | 1 +
security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 1 +
5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 54a0532ec12f..8e70063074a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ enum lsm_event {
*/
enum lockdown_reason {
LOCKDOWN_NONE,
+ LOCKDOWN_MODULE_SIGNATURE,
LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX,
LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX,
};
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index bd7d650d4a99..1f0f53774c3e 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2017,6 +2017,11 @@ config MODULE_SIG
kernel build dependency so that the signing tool can use its crypto
library.

+ You should enable this option if you wish to use either
+ CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM or lockdown functionality imposed via
+ another LSM - otherwise unsigned modules will be loadable regardless
+ of the lockdown policy.
+
!!!WARNING!!! If you enable this option, you MUST make sure that the
module DOES NOT get stripped after being signed. This includes the
debuginfo strip done by some packagers (such as rpmbuild) and
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index cd8df516666d..318209889e26 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2771,8 +2771,9 @@ static inline void kmemleak_load_module(const struct module *mod,
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
static int module_sig_check(struct load_info *info, int flags)
{
- int err = -ENOKEY;
+ int err = -ENODATA;
const unsigned long markerlen = sizeof(MODULE_SIG_STRING) - 1;
+ const char *reason;
const void *mod = info->hdr;

/*
@@ -2787,16 +2788,38 @@ static int module_sig_check(struct load_info *info, int flags)
err = mod_verify_sig(mod, info);
}

- if (!err) {
+ switch (err) {
+ case 0:
info->sig_ok = true;
return 0;
- }

- /* Not having a signature is only an error if we're strict. */
- if (err == -ENOKEY && !is_module_sig_enforced())
- err = 0;
+ /* We don't permit modules to be loaded into trusted kernels
+ * without a valid signature on them, but if we're not
+ * enforcing, certain errors are non-fatal.
+ */
+ case -ENODATA:
+ reason = "Loading of unsigned module";
+ goto decide;
+ case -ENOPKG:
+ reason = "Loading of module with unsupported crypto";
+ goto decide;
+ case -ENOKEY:
+ reason = "Loading of module with unavailable key";
+ decide:
+ if (is_module_sig_enforced()) {
+ pr_notice("%s is rejected\n", reason);
+ return -EKEYREJECTED;
+ }

- return err;
+ return security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_MODULE_SIGNATURE);
+
+ /* All other errors are fatal, including nomem, unparseable
+ * signatures and signature check failures - even if signatures
+ * aren't required.
+ */
+ default:
+ return err;
+ }
}
#else /* !CONFIG_MODULE_SIG */
static int module_sig_check(struct load_info *info, int flags)
diff --git a/security/lockdown/Kconfig b/security/lockdown/Kconfig
index 7374ba76d8eb..f9dd683261e9 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/Kconfig
+++ b/security/lockdown/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
config SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM
bool "Basic module for enforcing kernel lockdown"
depends on SECURITY
+ select MODULE_SIG if MODULES
help
Build support for an LSM that enforces a coarse kernel lockdown
behaviour.
diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index d30c4d254b5f..2c53fd9f5c9b 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ static enum lockdown_reason kernel_locked_down;

static char *lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX+1] = {
[LOCKDOWN_NONE] = "none",
+ [LOCKDOWN_MODULE_SIGNATURE] = "unsigned module loading",
[LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX] = "integrity",
[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX] = "confidentiality",
};
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2.23.0.rc1.153.gdeed80330f-goog