From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garr...@nebula.com>
kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which
is something that lock-down is meant to prevent. It makes sense to disable
kexec in this situation.
This does not affect kexec_file_load() which can check for a signature on the
image to be booted.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garr...@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com>
---
kernel/kexec.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 980936a90ee6..46de8e6b42f4 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, unsigned long, entry, unsigned
long, nr_segments,
return -EPERM;
/*
+ * kexec can be used to circumvent module loading restrictions, so
+ * prevent loading in that case
+ */
+ if (kernel_is_locked_down())
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ /*
* Verify we have a legal set of flags
* This leaves us room for future extensions.
*/
