From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:fe96:be03]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Z4LQb-0008Bg-I0 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2015 03:51:19 +0000 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 23:50:51 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: kexec_load(2) bypasses signature verification Message-ID: <20150615035051.GA2634@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Eric Biederman , dhowells@redhat.com Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >From experimentation and from looking at the sources, it appears that the signature checking is only done in the kexec_file_load(2) system all, and not in the kexec_load(2) system call. And I understand why -- the signature is not sent from userspace to the kernel in the older kexec_load(2) system call. The problem is that if you use an old version of kexec, it will use the old kexec_load(2) system call, and even though CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is enabled, kexec_load(2) will happily load an unsigned kernel, and then "kexec -e" will happily boot into it. Correct me if I am wrong, but this appears to be a hole in Secure Boot you could drive a Mack Truck through. (I noticed this because Debian is still using a kexec-tools from the stone ages, version 2.0.7, and I was wondering **why** I was able to kexec boot completely unsigned kernels.) It would appear to me that if CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is enabled, the old kexec_load(2) system call should be disabled (and a warning be placed in the Kconfig help that the user should have at least verision 2.X of kexec-tools if they enable this kernel option). Am I missing something? - Ted _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec