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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 17:31:53 +0000 From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> To: linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org Cc: gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jforbes@...hat.com Subject: [PATCH 10/30] uswsusp: Disable when the kernel is locked down From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> uswsusp allows a user process to dump and then restore kernel state, which makes it possible to modify the running kernel. Disable this if the kernel is locked down. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com> cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org --- kernel/power/user.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c index 22df9f7ff672..678ade9decfe 100644 --- a/kernel/power/user.c +++ b/kernel/power/user.c @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static int snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) if (!hibernation_available()) return -EPERM; + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/dev/snapshot")) + return -EPERM; + lock_system_sleep(); if (!atomic_add_unless(&snapshot_device_available, -1, 0)) {
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