Allow LSMs and IMA to differentiate between the kexec_load and kexec_file_load syscalls by adding an "unnecessary" call to security_kernel_read_file() in kexec_load. This would be similar to the existing init_module syscall calling security_kernel_read_file(). Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/kexec.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index aed8fb2564b3..d1386cfc6796 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/capability.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/file.h> +#include <linux/security.h> #include <linux/kexec.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/list.h> @@ -195,11 +196,21 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments, static inline int kexec_load_check(unsigned long nr_segments, unsigned long flags) { + int result; + /* We only trust the superuser with rebooting the system. */ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) || kexec_load_disabled) return -EPERM; /* + * Allow LSMs and IMA to differentiate between kexec_load and + * kexec_file_load syscalls. + */ + result = security_kernel_read_file(NULL, READING_KEXEC_IMAGE); + if (result < 0) + return result; + + /* * Verify we have a legal set of flags * This leaves us room for future extensions. */ -- 2.7.5 _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec