linux-kernel - [PATCH 24/27] debugfs: Disallow use of debugfs files when the kernel is locked down

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:53:33 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        matthew.garrett@...ula.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
        jforbes@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 24/27] debugfs: Disallow use of debugfs files when the
 kernel is locked down

Disallow opening of debugfs files when the kernel is locked down as various
drivers give raw access to hardware through debugfs.

Accesses to tracefs should use /sys/kernel/tracing/ rather than
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/.  Possibly a symlink should be emplaced.

Normal device interaction should be done through configfs or a miscdev, not
debugfs.

Note that this makes it unnecessary to specifically lock down show_dsts(),
show_devs() and show_call() in the asus-wmi driver.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
cc: acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net
cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
cc: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---

 fs/debugfs/file.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 6dabc4a10396..32b5168a7e91 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ static int open_proxy_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	const struct file_operations *real_fops = NULL;
 	int srcu_idx, r;
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("debugfs"))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	r = debugfs_use_file_start(dentry, &srcu_idx);
 	if (r) {
 		r = -ENOENT;
@@ -232,6 +235,9 @@ static int full_proxy_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	struct file_operations *proxy_fops = NULL;
 	int srcu_idx, r;
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("debugfs"))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	r = debugfs_use_file_start(dentry, &srcu_idx);
 	if (r) {
 		r = -ENOENT;