[PATCH 21/27] x86/mmiotrace: Lock down the testmmiotrace module
Matthew Garrett
matthewgarrett at google.com
Thu Feb 28 23:11:57 UTC 2019
From: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
The testmmiotrace module shouldn't be permitted when the kernel is locked
down as it can be used to arbitrarily read and write MMIO space.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com
cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at kernel.org>
cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
cc: x86 at kernel.org
---
arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
index f6ae6830b341..bbaad357f5d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ static int __init init(void)
{
unsigned long size = (read_far) ? (8 << 20) : (16 << 10);
+ if (kernel_is_locked_down("MMIO trace testing"))
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (mmio_address == 0) {
pr_err("you have to use the module argument mmio_address.\n");
pr_err("DO NOT LOAD THIS MODULE UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!\n");
--
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