From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx> IO port access would permit users to gain access to PCI configuration registers, which in turn (on a lot of hardware) give access to MMIO register space. This would potentially permit root to trigger arbitrary DMA, so lock it down by default. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c | 5 +++-- drivers/char/mem.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c index 589b3193f102..ab8372443efb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #include <linux/thread_info.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/bitmap.h> +#include <linux/module.h> #include <asm/syscalls.h> /* @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioperm(unsigned long from, unsigned long num, int turn_on) if ((from + num <= from) || (from + num > IO_BITMAP_BITS)) return -EINVAL; - if (turn_on && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) + if (turn_on && (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) || secure_modules())) return -EPERM; /* @@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(iopl, unsigned int, level) return -EINVAL; /* Trying to gain more privileges? */ if (level > old) { - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) || secure_modules()) return -EPERM; } regs->flags = (regs->flags & ~X86_EFLAGS_IOPL) | diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c index 5bb1985ec484..7f1a7ab5850d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/mem.c +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/io.h> #include <linux/uio.h> +#include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> @@ -580,6 +581,9 @@ static ssize_t write_port(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, unsigned long i = *ppos; const char __user *tmp = buf; + if (secure_modules()) + return -EPERM; + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, count)) return -EFAULT; while (count-- > 0 && i < 65536) { -- 2.9.3 _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx