linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/24] kexec_file: Disable at runtime if securelevel has been set

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Date:   Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:49:10 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
        Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@...e.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, matthew.garrett@...ula.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/24] kexec_file: Disable at runtime if securelevel has
 been set

On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 11:05 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On 04/05/17 at 09:15pm, David Howells wrote:
> > From: Chun-Yi Lee <joeyli.kernel@...il.com>
> > 
> > When KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is not enabled, kernel should not loads image
> > through kexec_file systemcall if securelevel has been set.
> > 
> > This code was showed in Matthew's patch but not in git:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/13/778
> > 
> > Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@...e.com>
> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
> > ---
> > 
> >  kernel/kexec_file.c |    6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > index b118735fea9d..f6937eecd1eb 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > @@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kexec_file_load, int, kernel_fd, int, initrd_fd,
> >  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) || kexec_load_disabled)
> >  		return -EPERM;
> >  
> > +	/* Don't permit images to be loaded into trusted kernels if we're not
> > +	 * going to verify the signature on them
> > +	 */
> > +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG) && kernel_is_locked_down())
> > +		return -EPERM;
> > +
> >  

IMA can be used to verify file signatures too, based on the LSM hooks
in  kernel_read_file_from_fd().  CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG should not be
required.

Mimi

> 	/* Make sure we have a legal set of flags */
> >  	if (flags != (flags & KEXEC_FILE_FLAGS))
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > kexec mailing list
> > kexec@...ts.infradead.org
> > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
> 
> Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
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