[PATCH v5 02/16] fs/kernel_read_file: Remove FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED enum

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Oct 02 2020 - 13:40:13 EST


The "FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED" enum is a "where", not a "what". It
should not be distinguished separately from just "FIRMWARE", as this
confuses the LSMs about what is being loaded. Additionally, there was
no actual validation of the firmware contents happening.

Fixes: e4c2c0ff00ec ("firmware: Add new platform fallback mechanism and firmware_request_platform()")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c | 2 +-
include/linux/fs.h | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
index 685edb7dd05a..6958ab1a8059 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int firmware_fallback_platform(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, u32 opt_flags)
if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM))
return -ENOENT;

- rc = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED);
+ rc = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE);
if (rc)
return rc;

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7336e22d0c5d..3fb7af12d033 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2858,11 +2858,10 @@ static inline void i_readcount_inc(struct inode *inode)
#endif
extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);

-/* This is a list of *what* is being read, not *how*. */
+/* This is a list of *what* is being read, not *how* nor *where*. */
#define __kernel_read_file_id(id) \
id(UNKNOWN, unknown) \
id(FIRMWARE, firmware) \
- id(FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED, firmware) \
id(MODULE, kernel-module) \
id(KEXEC_IMAGE, kexec-image) \
id(KEXEC_INITRAMFS, kexec-initramfs) \
--
2.25.1