[PATCH V38 19/29] Lock down module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport)

Jessica Yu jeyu at kernel.org
Thu Aug 8 11:12:46 UTC 2019


+++ Matthew Garrett [07/08/19 17:07 -0700]:
>From: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
>
>Provided an annotation for module parameters that specify hardware
>parameters (such as io ports, iomem addresses, irqs, dma channels, fixed
>dma buffers and other types).
>
>Suggested-by: Alan Cox <gnomes at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
>Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at google.com>
>Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
>Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu at kernel.org>
>---
> include/linux/security.h     |  1 +
> kernel/params.c              | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> security/lockdown/lockdown.c |  1 +
> 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
>index 8f7048395114..43fa3486522b 100644
>--- a/include/linux/security.h
>+++ b/include/linux/security.h
>@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ enum lockdown_reason {
> 	LOCKDOWN_ACPI_TABLES,
> 	LOCKDOWN_PCMCIA_CIS,
> 	LOCKDOWN_TIOCSSERIAL,
>+	LOCKDOWN_MODULE_PARAMETERS,
> 	LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX,
> 	LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX,
> };
>diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
>index cf448785d058..35f138fce762 100644
>--- a/kernel/params.c
>+++ b/kernel/params.c
>@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/ctype.h>
>+#include <linux/security.h>
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
> /* Protects all built-in parameters, modules use their own param_lock */
>@@ -96,13 +97,19 @@ bool parameq(const char *a, const char *b)
> 	return parameqn(a, b, strlen(a)+1);
> }
>
>-static void param_check_unsafe(const struct kernel_param *kp)
>+static bool param_check_unsafe(const struct kernel_param *kp)
> {
>+	if (kp->flags & KERNEL_PARAM_FL_HWPARAM &&
>+	    security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_MODULE_PARAMETERS))
>+		return false;
>+
> 	if (kp->flags & KERNEL_PARAM_FL_UNSAFE) {
> 		pr_notice("Setting dangerous option %s - tainting kernel\n",
> 			  kp->name);
> 		add_taint(TAINT_USER, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
> 	}
>+
>+	return true;
> }
>
> static int parse_one(char *param,
>@@ -132,8 +139,10 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
> 			pr_debug("handling %s with %p\n", param,
> 				params[i].ops->set);
> 			kernel_param_lock(params[i].mod);
>-			param_check_unsafe(&params[i]);
>-			err = params[i].ops->set(val, &params[i]);
>+			if (param_check_unsafe(&params[i]))
>+				err = params[i].ops->set(val, &params[i]);
>+			else
>+				err = -EPERM;
> 			kernel_param_unlock(params[i].mod);
> 			return err;
> 		}
>@@ -541,6 +550,12 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
> 	return count;
> }
>
>+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>+#define mod_name(mod) ((mod)->name)
>+#else
>+#define mod_name(mod) "unknown"
>+#endif
>+

Hm, I don't think mod_name is used anywhere?

But other than that:

Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu at kernel.org>

Thanks!

Jessica

> /* sysfs always hands a nul-terminated string in buf.  We rely on that. */
> static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
> 				struct module_kobject *mk,
>@@ -553,8 +568,10 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
> 		return -EPERM;
>
> 	kernel_param_lock(mk->mod);
>-	param_check_unsafe(attribute->param);
>-	err = attribute->param->ops->set(buf, attribute->param);
>+	if (param_check_unsafe(attribute->param))
>+		err = attribute->param->ops->set(buf, attribute->param);
>+	else
>+		err = -EPERM;
> 	kernel_param_unlock(mk->mod);
> 	if (!err)
> 		return len;
>diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
>index 00a3a6438dd2..5177938cfa0d 100644
>--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
>+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
>@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static char *lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX+1] = {
> 	[LOCKDOWN_ACPI_TABLES] = "modifying ACPI tables",
> 	[LOCKDOWN_PCMCIA_CIS] = "direct PCMCIA CIS storage",
> 	[LOCKDOWN_TIOCSSERIAL] = "reconfiguration of serial port IO",
>+	[LOCKDOWN_MODULE_PARAMETERS] = "unsafe module parameters",
> 	[LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX] = "integrity",
> 	[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX] = "confidentiality",
> };
>-- 
>2.22.0.770.g0f2c4a37fd-goog
>



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