[PATCH 14/27] ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down
Matthew Garrett
matthewgarrett at google.com
Thu Feb 28 23:11:50 UTC 2019
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org>
custom_method effectively allows arbitrary access to system memory, making
it possible for an attacker to circumvent restrictions on module loading.
Disable it if the kernel is locked down.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee at suse.com>
cc: linux-acpi at vger.kernel.org
---
drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index 4451877f83b6..ac8a90dc7096 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf,
struct acpi_table_header table;
acpi_status status;
+ if (kernel_is_locked_down("ACPI custom methods"))
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (!(*ppos)) {
/* parse the table header to get the table length */
if (count <= sizeof(struct acpi_table_header))
--
2.21.0.352.gf09ad66450-goog
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