x86/msr: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:34 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Sun, 27 May 2018 12:05:03 +0000 (13:05 +0100)
commita280fd562a3122bd0f005ad4c4ef76320044e193
tree5c81b937e3dadd8bfbae5d8df10dcaeaa54bcd4f
parent489e89aa4bd4449c405ea232dc569d0eab90a015
x86/msr: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down

Writing to MSRs should not be allowed if the kernel is locked down, since
it could lead to execution of arbitrary code in kernel mode.  Based on a
patch by Kees Cook.

MSR accesses are logged for the purposes of building up a whitelist as per
Alan Cox's suggestion.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@suse.com>
cc: x86@kernel.org

Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0013-x86-msr-Restrict-MSR-access-when-the-kernel-is-locke.patch
arch/x86/kernel/msr.c