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> Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <j...@suse.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.mor...@oracle.com> cc: linux...@vger.kernel.org --- kernel/power/user.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c index 75c959de4b29..959b336d8eca 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("/dev/snapshot")) + return -EPERM; + lock_system_sleep(); if (!atomic_add_unless(&snapshot_device_available, -1, 0)) {