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>
Sun, 7 Oct 2018 20:57:06 +0000 (21:57 +0100)
commitcc991bab378889acd040685a346b06bb5327c4d3
treec3915e40c46353970770522253787c1f9764e440
parent9b43d419e6520fb167dee1f6d7fc14c597f6cbca
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