Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 06/24] kexec_load: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down | From | Mimi Zohar <> | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2018 07:38:17 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2018-04-11 at 16:09 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Wed, 2018-04-11 at 14:00 -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> writes: > > > > > From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> > > > > > > The kexec_load() syscall 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_load() in this situation. > > > > > > This does not affect kexec_file_load() syscall which can check for a > > > signature on the image to be booted. > > > > Maybing I am missing it but I am not seeing anything that would require > > kexec_file_load be configured such that it checks the loaded kernel. > > > > Without that I don't see the point of disabling kexec_load. > > > > Nacked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> > > The IMA "secure boot" policy requires the kexec image to be signed. > This call to kernel_is_locked_down() could be replaced with a call > to security_kernel_read_file(NULL, READING_KEXEC_IMAGE). > > It would be similar to the existing init_module syscall calling > security_kernel_read_file().
David, enabling the IMA-appraisal "secure boot" policy should probably not be dependent on lockdown either.
Mimi
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