Re: [PATCH 05/10] asus-wmi: Restrict debugfs interface when moduleloading is restricted

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Aug 19 2013 - 12:20:24 EST


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Matthew Garrett
<matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We have no way of validating what all of the Asus WMI methods do on a
> given machine, and there's a risk that some will allow hardware state to
> be manipulated in such a way that arbitrary code can be executed in the
> kernel, circumventing module loading restrictions. Prevent that if any of
> these features are enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> index 19c313b..8105530 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> @@ -1618,6 +1618,9 @@ static int show_dsts(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
> int err;
> u32 retval = -1;
>
> + if (secure_modules())
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> err = asus_wmi_get_devstate(asus, asus->debug.dev_id, &retval);
>
> if (err < 0)
> @@ -1634,6 +1637,9 @@ static int show_devs(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
> int err;
> u32 retval = -1;
>
> + if (!capable(CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL))

Looks like this and the next chunk weren't changed to the
secure_modules() API...

-Kees

> + return -EPERM;
> +
> err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(asus->debug.dev_id, asus->debug.ctrl_param,
> &retval);
>
> @@ -1658,6 +1664,9 @@ static int show_call(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
> union acpi_object *obj;
> acpi_status status;
>
> + if (!capable(CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL))
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> status = wmi_evaluate_method(ASUS_WMI_MGMT_GUID,
> 1, asus->debug.method_id,
> &input, &output);
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>



--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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