linux-kernel - [PATCH 22/30] Lock down module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport)

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Date:   Thu,  9 Nov 2017 17:33:24 +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 22/30] Lock down module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport)

Provided an annotation for module parameters that specify hardware
parameters (such as io ports, iomem addresses, irqs, dma channels, fixed
dma buffers and other types).

Suggested-by: Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 kernel/params.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 60b2d8101355..422979adb60a 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -108,13 +108,19 @@ bool parameq(const char *a, const char *b)
 	return parameqn(a, b, strlen(a)+1);
 }
 
-static void param_check_unsafe(const struct kernel_param *kp)
+static bool param_check_unsafe(const struct kernel_param *kp,
+			       const char *doing)
 {
 	if (kp->flags & KERNEL_PARAM_FL_UNSAFE) {
 		pr_warn("Setting dangerous option %s - tainting kernel\n",
 			kp->name);
 		add_taint(TAINT_USER, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
 	}
+
+	if (kp->flags & KERNEL_PARAM_FL_HWPARAM &&
+	    kernel_is_locked_down("Command line-specified device addresses, irqs and dma channels"))
+		return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int parse_one(char *param,
@@ -144,8 +150,10 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
 			pr_debug("handling %s with %p\n", param,
 				params[i].ops->set);
 			kernel_param_lock(params[i].mod);
-			param_check_unsafe(&params[i]);
-			err = params[i].ops->set(val, &params[i]);
+			if (param_check_unsafe(&params[i], doing))
+				err = params[i].ops->set(val, &params[i]);
+			else
+				err = -EPERM;
 			kernel_param_unlock(params[i].mod);
 			return err;
 		}
@@ -556,6 +564,12 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_show(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 	return count;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+#define mod_name(mod) (mod)->name
+#else
+#define mod_name(mod) "unknown"
+#endif
+
 /* sysfs always hands a nul-terminated string in buf.  We rely on that. */
 static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 				struct module_kobject *mk,
@@ -568,8 +582,10 @@ static ssize_t param_attr_store(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	kernel_param_lock(mk->mod);
-	param_check_unsafe(attribute->param);
-	err = attribute->param->ops->set(buf, attribute->param);
+	if (param_check_unsafe(attribute->param, mod_name(mk->mod)))
+		err = attribute->param->ops->set(buf, attribute->param);
+	else
+		err = -EPERM;
 	kernel_param_unlock(mk->mod);
 	if (!err)
 		return len;