linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 06/15] taint: Add taint for insecure

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Message-Id: <1527789525-8857-7-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 10:58:36 -0700
From:   "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Markus T Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>,
        "Ravi V . Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "Chang S . Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 06/15] taint: Add taint for insecure

When adding new feature support, patches need to be
incrementally applied and tested with temporal parameters.
For such testing (or root-only) purposes, the new flag
will serve to tag the kernel taint state properly.

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 1 +
 include/linux/kernel.h          | 3 ++-
 kernel/panic.c                  | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index eded671d..06c4009 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of Oops reports.
  32768 (K): The kernel has been live patched.
  65536 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros.
 131072 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin.
+262144 (Z): The kernel is running in a known insecure configuration.
 
 ==============================================================
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 6a1eb0b..7051415 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ extern enum system_states {
 #define TAINT_LIVEPATCH			15
 #define TAINT_AUX			16
 #define TAINT_RANDSTRUCT		17
-#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT		18
+#define TAINT_INSECURE			18
+#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT		19
 
 struct taint_flag {
 	char c_true;	/* character printed when tainted */
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 42e4874..53ea36a 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ const struct taint_flag taint_flags[TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT] = {
 	[ TAINT_LIVEPATCH ]		= { 'K', ' ', true },
 	[ TAINT_AUX ]			= { 'X', ' ', true },
 	[ TAINT_RANDSTRUCT ]		= { 'T', ' ', true },
+	[ TAINT_INSECURE ]		= { 'Z', ' ', false },
 };
 
 /**
-- 
2.7.4