This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fs/kernel_read_file: Remove FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED enum
to the 5.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
fs-kernel_read_file-remove-firmware_efi_embedded-enum.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 06e67b849ab910a49a629445f43edb074153d0eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 10:38:14 -0700
Subject: fs/kernel_read_file: Remove FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED enum
From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 06e67b849ab910a49a629445f43edb074153d0eb upstream.
The "FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED" enum is a "where", not a "what". It
should not be distinguished separately from just "FIRMWARE", as this
confuses the LSMs about what is being loaded. Additionally, there was
no actual validation of the firmware contents happening.
Fixes: e4c2c0ff00ec ("firmware: Add new platform fallback mechanism and firmware_request_platform()")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201002173828.2099543-3-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
index 685edb7dd05a..6958ab1a8059 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_platform.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int firmware_fallback_platform(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, u32 opt_flags)
if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM))
return -ENOENT;
- rc = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED);
+ rc = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE);
if (rc)
return rc;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7336e22d0c5d..3fb7af12d033 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2858,11 +2858,10 @@ static inline void i_readcount_inc(struct inode *inode)
#endif
extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
-/* This is a list of *what* is being read, not *how*. */
+/* This is a list of *what* is being read, not *how* nor *where*. */
#define __kernel_read_file_id(id) \
id(UNKNOWN, unknown) \
id(FIRMWARE, firmware) \
- id(FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED, firmware) \
id(MODULE, kernel-module) \
id(KEXEC_IMAGE, kexec-image) \
id(KEXEC_INITRAMFS, kexec-initramfs) \
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.9/fs-kernel_read_file-remove-firmware_efi_embedded-enum.patch
