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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:51:16 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] printk: Add kernel parameter to control writes to
 /dev/kmsg

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 03:40:04PM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Possibly we could just say that if a kernel command line option has
> been given, that is absolute.
> 
> And then a sysctl for when you do *not* explicitly set if on the
> kernel command line?

Ok, how about this ontop?

It is only lightly tested in a vm but basically I'm using the second
byte of devkmsg_log to set a bit in there and the sysctl handler looks
at it.

It is also visible in sysctl and we know it has been cmdline-disabled:

$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk_kmsg
256

---
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index a3683ce2a2f3..02fe4562953f 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -752,6 +752,19 @@ send before ratelimiting kicks in.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+printk_kmsg:
+
+Control the logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace:
+
+0: default, ratelimited
+1: unlimited logging to /dev/kmsg from userspace
+2: logging to /dev/kmsg disabled
+
+The kernel command line parameter printk.kmsg= overrides this setting
+and once set, it cannot be changed by this sysctl interface anymore.
+
+==============================================================
+
 randomize_va_space:
 
 This option can be used to select the type of process address
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index f4da695fd615..bcf72e756122 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
 extern int printk_delay_msec;
 extern int dmesg_restrict;
 extern int kptr_restrict;
+extern unsigned int devkmsg_log;
+
+struct ctl_table;
+
+int devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			      void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 
 extern void wake_up_klogd(void);
 
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 33701a166f26..9f0a885c2718 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -86,12 +86,15 @@ static struct lockdep_map console_lock_dep_map = {
 };
 #endif
 
-#define DEVKMSG_LOG_RATELIMIT	0
-#define DEVKMSG_LOG_ON		1
-#define DEVKMSG_LOG_OFF		2
+#define DEVKMSG_LOG_RATELIMIT		0
+#define DEVKMSG_LOG_ON			1
+#define DEVKMSG_LOG_OFF			2
+#define DEVKMSG_LOCK			(1 << 8)
+#define DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK		(DEVKMSG_LOCK - 1)
+#define DEVKMSG_LOCKED_MASK		~DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK
 
 /* DEVKMSG_LOG_RATELIMIT by default */
-static unsigned int __read_mostly devkmsg_log;
+unsigned int __read_mostly devkmsg_log;
 static int __init control_devkmsg(char *str)
 {
 	if (!str)
@@ -101,14 +104,30 @@ static int __init control_devkmsg(char *str)
 		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_ON;
 	else if (!strncmp(str, "off", 3))
 		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_OFF;
+	else if (!strncmp(str, "ratelimit", 9))
+		devkmsg_log = DEVKMSG_LOG_RATELIMIT;
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Sysctl cannot change it anymore. */
+	devkmsg_log |= DEVKMSG_LOCK;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 __setup("printk.kmsg=", control_devkmsg);
 
 
+int devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			      void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	if (devkmsg_log & DEVKMSG_LOCKED_MASK) {
+		if (write)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
 /*
  * Number of registered extended console drivers.
  *
@@ -656,11 +675,12 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Ignore when user logging is disabled. */
-	if (devkmsg_log == DEVKMSG_LOG_OFF)
+	if ((devkmsg_log & DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK) == DEVKMSG_LOG_OFF)
 		return len;
 
 	/* Ratelimit when not explicitly enabled or when we're not booting. */
-	if ((system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING) && (devkmsg_log != DEVKMSG_LOG_ON)) {
+	if ((system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING) &&
+	    ((devkmsg_log & DEVKMSG_LOG_MASK) != DEVKMSG_LOG_ON)) {
 		if (!___ratelimit(&user->rs, current->comm))
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 87b2fc38398b..a29d6c4fa86c 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -814,6 +814,15 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &ten_thousand,
 	},
 	{
+		.procname	= "printk_kmsg",
+		.data		= &devkmsg_log,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &two,
+	},
+	{
 		.procname	= "dmesg_restrict",
 		.data		= &dmesg_restrict,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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