From: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> Allowing users to read and write to core kernel memory makes it possible for the kernel to be subverted, avoiding module loading restrictions, and also to steal cryptographic information.
Disallow /dev/mem and /dev/kmem from being opened this when the kernel has been locked down to prevent this. Also disallow /dev/port from being opened to prevent raw ioport access and thus DMA from being used to accomplish the same thing. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <[email protected]> --- drivers/char/mem.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c index 593a8818aca9..0ce5ac0a5c6b 100644 --- a/drivers/char/mem.c +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c @@ -762,6 +762,8 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig) static int open_port(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/dev/mem,kmem,port")) + return -EPERM; return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM; }
