Public bug reported:
[Impact]
ppc64el vmlinuz is world-readable, possibly impacting security on that platform.
[Test case]
Verify vmlinuz is not world-readable after the fix.
[Regression potential]
File permissions may be wrong, possibly allowing attack.
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FAIL: test_096_boot_symbols_unreadable (__main__.KernelSecurityTest)
kernel addresses in /boot are not world readable
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./test-kernel-security.py", line 1438, in
test_096_boot_symbols_unreadable
self.assertEqual(os.stat(name).st_mode & mask, expected, '%s is world
readable' % (name))
AssertionError: /boot/vmlinux-4.15.0-62-generic is world readable
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Ran 125 tests in 31.183s
FAILED (failures=1)
This currently affects ppc64el.
** Affects: linux-signed (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: linux-signed (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
Status: In Progress
** Affects: linux-signed (Ubuntu Disco)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
Status: In Progress
** Also affects: linux-signed (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux-signed (Ubuntu Disco)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux-signed (Ubuntu Disco)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux-signed (Ubuntu Bionic)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux-signed (Ubuntu Disco)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux-signed (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux-signed (Ubuntu Disco)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
** Changed in: linux-signed (Ubuntu Bionic)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
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vmlinuz is world-readable
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