[PATCH secure-modules 09/13] kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforces module loading restrictions

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>From a44d2968968fd667c8cbeba7c043f674d17e7ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:26:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforces module
 loading restrictions

kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which
is something that module signing enforcement is meant to prevent. It makes
sense to disable kexec in this situation.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/kexec.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 59f7b55..1a7690f 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1645,6 +1646,9 @@ int kernel_kexec(void)
 		goto Unlock;
 	}
 
+	if (secure_modules())
+		return -EPERM;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP
 	if (kexec_image->preserve_context) {
 		lock_system_sleep();
-- 
1.8.3.1

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