[PATCH V34 13/29] x86/msr: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down

Matthew Garrett
2019-06-22T00:06:31Z

From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>

Writing to MSRs should not be allowed if the kernel is locked down, since
it could lead to execution of arbitrary code in kernel mode. Based on a
patch by Kees Cook.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
cc: x86@kernel.org
---
arch/x86/kernel/msr.c | 8 ++++++++
include/linux/security.h | 1 +
security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 4588414e2561..131861b4e447 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>

#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ static ssize_t msr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
int err = 0;
ssize_t bytes = 0;

+ err = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_MSR);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
if (count % 8)
return -EINVAL; /* Invalid chunk size */

@@ -135,6 +140,9 @@ static long msr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int ioc, unsigned long arg)
err = -EFAULT;
break;
}
+ err = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_MSR);
+ if (err)
+ break;
err = wrmsr_safe_regs_on_cpu(cpu, regs);
if (err)
break;
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 60569b7e9465..30bc6f058926 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ enum lockdown_reason {
LOCKDOWN_HIBERNATION,
LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS,
LOCKDOWN_IOPORT,
+ LOCKDOWN_MSR,
LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX,
LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX,
};
diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index 895ef3ba1b4c..297a065e6261 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static char *lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX+1] = {
[LOCKDOWN_HIBERNATION] = "hibernation",
[LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS] = "direct PCI access",
[LOCKDOWN_IOPORT] = "raw io port access",
+ [LOCKDOWN_MSR] = "raw MSR access",
[LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX] = "integrity",
[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX] = "confidentiality",
};
--
2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog