linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/24] Lock down kprobes

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:26:55 +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 21/24] Lock down kprobes

Disallow the creation of kprobes when the kernel is locked down by
preventing their registration.  This prevents kprobes from being used to
access kernel memory, either to make modifications or to steal crypto data.

Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 kernel/kprobes.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 102160ff5c66..4f5757732553 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1561,6 +1561,9 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	struct module *probed_mod;
 	kprobe_opcode_t *addr;
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("Use of kprobes"))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* Adjust probe address from symbol */
 	addr = kprobe_addr(p);
 	if (IS_ERR(addr))