From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Allowing users to read and write to core kernel memory makes it possible
for the kernel to be subverted, avoiding module loading restrictions, and
also to steal cryptographic information.
Disallow /dev/mem and /dev/kmem from being opened this when the kernel has
been locked down to prevent this.
Also disallow /dev/port from being opened to prevent raw ioport access and
thus DMA from being used to accomplish the same thing.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/mem.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index ffeb60d3434c..b2fca26e5765 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -784,6 +784,8 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
static int open_port(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
+ if (kernel_is_locked_down("/dev/mem,kmem,port"))
+ return -EPERM;
return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
}
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