From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
This forcibly drops CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL from both cap_permitted and cap_bset
in the init_cred struct, which everything else inherits from. This works on
any machine and can be used to develop even if the box doesn't have UEFI.
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
kernel/cred.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4609e81..7c0b137 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2683,6 +2683,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
+ secureboot_enable=
+ [KNL] Enables an emulated UEFI Secure Boot mode. This
+ locks down various aspects of the kernel guarded by the
+ CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL capability. This includes things
+ like /dev/mem, IO port access, and other areas. It can
+ be used on non-UEFI machines for testing purposes.
+
security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
security module asking for security registration will be
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index e0573a4..c3f4e3e 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -565,6 +565,23 @@ void __init cred_init(void)
0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
}
+void __init secureboot_enable()
+{
+ pr_info("Secure boot enabled\n");
+ cap_lower((&init_cred)->cap_bset, CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL);
+ cap_lower((&init_cred)->cap_permitted, CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL);
+}
+
+/* Dummy Secure Boot enable option to fake out UEFI SB=1 */
+static int __init secureboot_enable_opt(char *str)
+{
+ int sb_enable = !!simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+ if (sb_enable)
+ secureboot_enable();
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("secureboot_enable=", secureboot_enable_opt);
+
/**
* prepare_kernel_cred - Prepare a set of credentials for a kernel service
* @daemon: A userspace daemon to be used as a reference
--
1.8.1.2
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