[PATCH] lockdown: ratelimit denial messages

From: Nathan Lynch
Date: Thu Sep 08 2022 - 18:02:55 EST


User space can flood the log with lockdown denial messages:

[ 662.555584] Lockdown: bash: debugfs access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7
[ 662.563237] Lockdown: bash: debugfs access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7
[ 662.571134] Lockdown: bash: debugfs access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7
[ 662.578668] Lockdown: bash: debugfs access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7
[ 662.586021] Lockdown: bash: debugfs access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7
[ 662.593398] Lockdown: bash: debugfs access is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7

Ratelimiting these shouldn't meaningfully degrade the quality of the
information logged.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index 87cbdc64d272..a79b985e917e 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int lockdown_is_locked_down(enum lockdown_reason what)

if (kernel_locked_down >= what) {
if (lockdown_reasons[what])
- pr_notice("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
+ pr_notice_ratelimited("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
current->comm, lockdown_reasons[what]);
return -EPERM;
}
--
2.37.1