[PATCH 1/6] firmware: permit LSMs and IMA to fail firmware sysfs fallback loading
Luis R. Rodriguez
mcgrof at kernel.org
Fri May 4 00:02:58 UTC 2018
If you can add Andres Rodriguez <andresx7 at gmail.com>, and Greg to your Cc list
in the future patches that'd be appreciated.
On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 09:48:18AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Add an LSM hook prior to allowing firmware sysfs fallback loading.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof at suse.com>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at google.com>
> ---
> drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c | 7 +++++++
> include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
> index 31b5015b59fe..23d2af30474e 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
> @@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ static bool fw_force_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
>
> static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
> {
> + int ret;
> +
> if (fw_fallback_config.ignore_sysfs_fallback) {
> pr_info_once("Ignoring firmware sysfs fallback due to sysctl knob\n");
> return false;
> @@ -659,6 +661,11 @@ static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(unsigned int opt_flags)
> if ((opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK))
> return false;
>
> + /* Also permit LSMs and IMA to fail firmware sysfs fallback */
> + ret = security_kernel_read_file(NULL, READING_FIRMWARE_FALLBACK);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> +
> return fw_force_sysfs_fallback(opt_flags);
> }
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 760d8da1b6c7..dc16a73c3d38 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -2810,6 +2810,7 @@ extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
> id(UNKNOWN, unknown) \
> id(FIRMWARE, firmware) \
> id(FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER, firmware) \
> + id(FIRMWARE_FALLBACK, firmware) \
If you're going to add this perhaps FIRMWARE_FALLBACK_SYSFS as we may later
get FIRMWARE_FALLBACK_EFI.
Luis
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