linux-kernel - [PATCH] lockdown: allow kexec_file of unsigned images when not under lockdown

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Date:   Thu,  1 Nov 2018 19:53:16 -0300
From:   Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH] lockdown: allow kexec_file of unsigned images when not under lockdown

If CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is enabled, kexec -s with an unsigned image will
fail requiring an image signed with a trusted key. However, that same
kernel will allow kexec to load and boot a kernel, if kexec_file_load is
not used.

Now, lockdown brings a solution to this inconsistency. However, as it is,
it will still prevent an unsigned image to be loaded with kexec -s when the
system is not under lockdown, while still allowing kexec to work.

At the same time, with lockdown, kexec_file_load would still work when
CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is disabled.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
---
 kernel/kexec_file.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index 35cf0ad29718..b64f32fda9ca 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -211,10 +211,17 @@ kimage_file_prepare_segments(struct kimage *image, int kernel_fd, int initrd_fd,
 					   image->kernel_buf_len);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_debug("kernel signature verification failed.\n");
-		goto out;
+	} else {
+		pr_debug("kernel signature verification successful.\n");
 	}
-	pr_debug("kernel signature verification successful.\n");
+#elif
+	ret = -EPERM;
 #endif
+	if (ret && kernel_is_locked_down("kexec of unsigned images"))
+		goto out;
+	else
+		ret = 0;
+
 	/* It is possible that there no initramfs is being loaded */
 	if (!(flags & KEXEC_FILE_NO_INITRAMFS)) {
 		ret = kernel_read_file_from_fd(initrd_fd, &image->initrd_buf,
-- 
2.19.1