Restrict /dev/{mem,kmem,port} when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:32 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:56:17 +0000 (18:56 +0000)
commit3f52a6f5e6d9af5636e437df3dcfb2d6241819f6
tree41173525007921ef4ef40b42ee1f83ef02172137
parent94217af3b14af01bf479c50031487f7578413b86
Restrict /dev/{mem,kmem,port} when the kernel is locked down

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 <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@suse.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0005-Restrict-dev-mem-kmem-port-when-the-kernel-is-locked.patch
drivers/char/mem.c