From 9188499cdb117d86a1ea6b04374095b098d56936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Paris Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:44:57 -0400 Subject: security: introducing security_request_module Calling request_module() will trigger a userspace upcall which will load a new module into the kernel. This can be a dangerous event if the process able to trigger request_module() is able to control either the modprobe binary or the module binary. This patch adds a new security hook to request_module() which can be used by an LSM to control a processes ability to call request_module(). Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: James Morris --- security/capability.c | 6 ++++++ security/security.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'security') diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c index ec0573054024..1b943f54b2ea 100644 --- a/security/capability.c +++ b/security/capability.c @@ -396,6 +396,11 @@ static int cap_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode) return 0; } +static int cap_kernel_module_request(void) +{ + return 0; +} + static int cap_task_setuid(uid_t id0, uid_t id1, uid_t id2, int flags) { return 0; @@ -945,6 +950,7 @@ void security_fixup_ops(struct security_operations *ops) set_to_cap_if_null(ops, cred_commit); 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_module_request); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, task_setuid); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, task_fix_setuid); set_to_cap_if_null(ops, task_setgid); diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index 4501c5e1f988..0e993f42ce3d 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -709,6 +709,11 @@ int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode) return security_ops->kernel_create_files_as(new, inode); } +int security_kernel_module_request(void) +{ + return security_ops->kernel_module_request(); +} + int security_task_setuid(uid_t id0, uid_t id1, uid_t id2, int flags) { return security_ops->task_setuid(id0, id1, id2, flags); -- cgit v1.2.3