Hi Eric, I'd really appreciate your reviewing/ack'ing this patch. thanks, Mimi On Thu, 2018-04-12 at 18:41 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote: > 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. > */