Restrict /dev/{mem,kmem,port} when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:44:58 +0000 (12:44 +0000)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:19:06 +0000 (13:19 +0100)
commit8d407478201aa63ed03819efbe775ffead344009
treea6e1767a0ca7a779ff699bc6f7ef1d9e1deb0cac
parent182feea925de085e5d7cc0b96ebc8907874bfbe8
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 <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
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