linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/24] Lock down TIOCSSERIAL

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Date:   Wed, 05 Apr 2017 21:17:55 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        matthew.garrett@...ula.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 23/24] Lock down TIOCSSERIAL

Lock down TIOCSSERIAL as that can be used to change the ioport and irq
settings on a serial port.  This only appears to be an issue for the serial
drivers that use the core serial code.  All other drivers seem to either
ignore attempts to change port/irq or give an error.

Reported-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
---

 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 3fe56894974a..4181b0004de9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -821,6 +821,12 @@ static int uart_set_info(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_port *port,
 	new_flags = new_info->flags;
 	old_custom_divisor = uport->custom_divisor;
 
+	if ((change_port || change_irq) && kernel_is_locked_down()) {
+		pr_err("Using TIOCSSERIAL to change device addresses, irqs and dma channels is not permitted when the kernel is locked down\n");
+		retval = -EPERM;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
 		retval = -EPERM;
 		if (change_irq || change_port ||