[PATCH 10/12] x86: Restrict MSR access when securelevel is set

Matthew Garrett
2013-09-09T16:01:08Z

Permitting write access to MSRs allows userspace to modify the running
kernel. Prevent this if securelevel has been set. Based on a patch by Kees
Cook.

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/msr.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 88458fa..6b6cb4f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>

#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ static ssize_t msr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
int err = 0;
ssize_t bytes = 0;

+ if (get_securelevel() > 0)
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (count % 8)
return -EINVAL; /* Invalid chunk size */

@@ -150,6 +154,10 @@ static long msr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int ioc, unsigned long arg)
err = -EBADF;
break;
}
+ if (get_securelevel() > 0) {
+ err = -EPERM;
+ break;
+ }
if (copy_from_user(&regs, uregs, sizeof regs)) {
err = -EFAULT;
break;
--
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