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, 30 Dec 2018 09:04:03 +0000 (09:04 +0000)
commitc912b87ffe58e871ea1ebdb4419da831fab55904
tree9ea60f5d6ca74b75e8baf50e948130fb44d6d7f4
parent4362acaa0b9f2e453a04888bfb8239f57afbf0e2
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