From: Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org>

uswsusp allows a user process to dump and then restore kernel state, which
makes it possible to modify the running kernel.  Disable this if the kernel
is locked down.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com>
---

 kernel/power/user.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c
index 22df9f7ff672..e4b926d329b7 100644
--- a/kernel/power/user.c
+++ b/kernel/power/user.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static int snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file 
*filp)
        if (!hibernation_available())
                return -EPERM;
 
+       if (kernel_is_locked_down())
+               return -EPERM;
+
        lock_system_sleep();
 
        if (!atomic_add_unless(&snapshot_device_available, -1, 0)) {

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