Re: [PATCH 09/27] uswsusp: Disable when the kernel is locked down

From: joeyli
Date: Fri Oct 20 2017 - 02:41:27 EST


On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 03:51:42PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> uswsusp allows a user process to dump and then restore kernel state, which
> makes it possible to modify the running kernel. Disable this if the kernel
> is locked down.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have reviewed and tested this patch. Please feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee

> ---
>
> kernel/power/user.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c
> index 22df9f7ff672..678ade9decfe 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/user.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/user.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static int snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> if (!hibernation_available())
> return -EPERM;
>
> + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/dev/snapshot"))
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> lock_system_sleep();
>
> if (!atomic_add_unless(&snapshot_device_available, -1, 0)) {
>
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