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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    [PATCH 23/27] Lock down kprobes
From:       Matthew Garrett <matthewgarrett () google ! com>
Date:       2019-02-28 23:11:59
Message-ID: 20190228231203.212359-23-matthewgarrett () google ! com
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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

Disallow the creation of kprobes when the kernel is locked down by
preventing their registration.  This prevents kprobes from being used to
access kernel memory, either to make modifications or to steal crypto data.

Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/kprobes.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index f4ddfdd2d07e..6f66cca8e2c6 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,9 @@ int register_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	struct module *probed_mod;
 	kprobe_opcode_t *addr;
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("Use of kprobes"))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* Adjust probe address from symbol */
 	addr = kprobe_addr(p);
 	if (IS_ERR(addr))
-- 
2.21.0.352.gf09ad66450-goog

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