Disallow access to /proc/kcore when the kernel is locked down to prevent access to cryptographic data. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c index d1e82761de81..cdebdee81719 100644 --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c @@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos) static int open_kcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/proc/kcore")) + return -EPERM; if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html