linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/24] x86/mmiotrace: Lock down the testmmiotrace module

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Message-ID: <152346400272.4030.10900275407737137506.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:26:42 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        jmorris@...ei.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 19/24] x86/mmiotrace: Lock down the testmmiotrace module

The testmmiotrace module shouldn't be permitted when the kernel is locked
down as it can be used to arbitrarily read and write MMIO space.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com
cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc: x86@...nel.org
---

 arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
index f6ae6830b341..bbaad357f5d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ static int __init init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long size = (read_far) ? (8 << 20) : (16 << 10);
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("MMIO trace testing"))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (mmio_address == 0) {
 		pr_err("you have to use the module argument mmio_address.\n");
 		pr_err("DO NOT LOAD THIS MODULE UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!\n");