From 13752fe2d7f2d41c2fd92a5d1b1c6e38c4de0c05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:28:04 -0800 Subject: security: introduce kernel_fw_from_file hook In order to validate the contents of firmware being loaded, there must be a hook to evaluate any loaded firmware that wasn't built into the kernel itself. Without this, there is a risk that a root user could load malicious firmware designed to mount an attack against kernel memory (e.g. via DMA). Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai --- security/capability.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'security/capability.c') diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c index e76373de3129..a74fde6a7468 100644 --- a/security/capability.c +++ b/security/capability.c @@ -401,6 +401,11 @@ static int cap_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode) return 0; } +static int cap_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size) +{ + return 0; +} + static int cap_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name) { return 0; @@ -1015,6 +1020,7 @@ void __init security_fixup_ops(struct security_operations *ops) set_to_cap_if_null(ops, cred_transfer); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, kernel_act_as); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, kernel_create_files_as); + set_to_cap_if_null(ops, kernel_fw_from_file); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, kernel_module_request); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, kernel_module_from_file); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, task_fix_setuid); -- cgit v1.2.2