From d0004244259ba1a52265e892da747bfaf1d66845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Garrett Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 03:33:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] kexec: Disable at runtime if securelevel has been set. kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which permits the modification of the running kernel. Prevent this if securelevel has been set. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/securelevel Gbp-Pq: Name kexec-disable-at-runtime-if-securelevel-has-been-set.patch --- kernel/kexec.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index 980936a90ee6..6f645e51c77e 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "kexec_internal.h" @@ -193,6 +194,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, unsigned long, entry, unsigned long, nr_segments, if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) || kexec_load_disabled) return -EPERM; + if (get_securelevel() > 0) + return -EPERM; + /* * Verify we have a legal set of flags * This leaves us room for future extensions. -- 2.30.2