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From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: keescook@chromium.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, hpa@zytor.com,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, jmorris@namei.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] Add support for indicating that the booted kernel is externally trusted
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:11:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1393445473-15068-2-git-send-email-matthew.garrett@nebula.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393445473-15068-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett@nebula.com>

Provide a boolean runtime configuration option for restricting userspace's
ability to modify the running kernel. This can be used when some external
validation of the kernel's state has been performed.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt       |   6 ++
 Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt |  35 ++++++++++
 include/linux/security.h                  |   8 +++
 security/Kconfig                          |   9 +++
 security/Makefile                         |   1 +
 security/trusted_kernel.c                 | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 170 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt
 create mode 100644 security/trusted_kernel.c

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7116fda..d82ba9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3271,6 +3271,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			with respect to transparent hugepages.
 			See Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt for more details.
 
+	trusted_kernel	Indicate that the booted kernel has been verified to
+			be trustworthy and that userspace should be forbidden
+			from modifying it at runtime.
+			See Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt for more
+			details.
+
 	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
 			Format: <string>
 			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
diff --git a/Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt b/Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..538d21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Linux trusted kernel support
+----------------------------
+
+Various mechanisms exist to ensure that a booted kernel is trusted by the
+user or some external party (UEFI Secure Boot, Intel TXT, embedded platform
+bootloaders). If userspace is able to modify the running kernel then this
+trust can be subverted.
+
+The trusted kernel support modifies certain kernel interfaces such that
+userspace is restricted from performing acts that would allow it to inject
+untrusted code into the kernel. Userspace will be unable to perform direct
+access to PCI devices, port IO access, access system memory directly via
+/dev/mem and /dev/kmem, perform kexec_load(), use the userspace software
+suspend mechanism, insert new ACPI code at runtime via the custom_method
+interface or modify CPU MSRs (on x86). Certain drivers may also limit
+additional interfaces.
+
+The trusted kernel feature may be enabled in multiple ways:
+
+1) Platform-specific code may automatically enable it when it detects that
+the system has been booted appropriately
+
+2) The user or bootloader may pass the "trusted_kernel" kernel parameter
+
+3) Userspace may write "1" to the /sys/kernel/security/trusted_kernel
+node. This must be done sufficiently early in the boot process that
+untrusted userspace has no opportunity to modify the kernel.
+
+Once enabled. trusted kernel support may not be disabled without rebooting
+the system.
+
+Note that this is a mechanism for the kernel to determine whether or not
+it is externally trusted. Untrusted userspace can enable this option even
+if the kernel is not trusted, and therefore userspace should not use this
+value as an indication of whether or not the kernel is trustworthy.
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 5623a7f..3415968 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -3091,6 +3091,14 @@ static inline void security_audit_rule_free(void *lsmrule)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY */
 #endif /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_TRUSTED_KERNEL
+extern bool get_trusted_kernel(void);
+extern int set_trusted_kernel(bool new_trusted_kernel);
+#else
+static inline bool get_trusted_kernel(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int set_trusted_kernel(bool new_trusted_kernel) { return 0; }
+#endif /* CONFIG_TRUSTED_KERNEL */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITYFS
 
 extern struct dentry *securityfs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index beb86b5..c0462c9 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ config SECURITY_PATH
 	  implement pathname based access controls.
 	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
 
+config SECURITY_TRUSTED_KERNEL
+        bool "Support for indicating that the kernel is trusted"
+	depends on SECURITY
+	help
+	  This enables support for adding a set of additional kernel security
+	  restrictions at runtime.
+	  See Documentation/security/trusted_kernel.txt for further
+	   information.
+
 config INTEL_TXT
 	bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)"
 	depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT
diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
index a5918e0..72af305 100644
--- a/security/Makefile
+++ b/security/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MMU)			+= min_addr.o
 # Object file lists
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY)			+= security.o capability.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITYFS)		+= inode.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_TRUSTED_KERNEL)	+= trusted_kernel.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX)		+= selinux/built-in.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK)		+= smack/built-in.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIT)			+= lsm_audit.o
diff --git a/security/trusted_kernel.c b/security/trusted_kernel.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2808113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/trusted_kernel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ *  trusted_kernel.c - support for generic kernel lockdown
+ *
+ *  Copyright Nebula, Inc <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+static bool trusted_kernel;
+
+bool get_trusted_kernel(void)
+{
+	return trusted_kernel;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_trusted_kernel);
+
+int set_trusted_kernel(bool new_trusted_kernel)
+{
+	if (trusted_kernel == true && new_trusted_kernel == false)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	trusted_kernel = new_trusted_kernel;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_trusted_kernel);
+
+static ssize_t trusted_kernel_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
+				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	char tmpbuf[2];
+	ssize_t length;
+
+	length = scnprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%d", trusted_kernel);
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, tmpbuf, length);
+}
+
+static ssize_t trusted_kernel_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+				    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	char *page = NULL;
+	ssize_t length;
+	int new_trusted_kernel;
+
+	length = -ENOMEM;
+	if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
+		goto out;
+
+	length = -EINVAL;
+	if (*ppos != 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	length = -ENOMEM;
+	page = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!page)
+		goto out;
+
+	length = -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_from_user(page, buf, count))
+		goto out;
+
+	length = -EINVAL;
+	if (sscanf(page, "%d", &new_trusted_kernel) != 1)
+		goto out;
+
+	length = set_trusted_kernel(!!new_trusted_kernel);
+	if (length)
+		goto out;
+
+	length = count;
+out:
+	free_page((unsigned long) page);
+	return length;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations trusted_kernel_fops = {
+	.read	= trusted_kernel_read,
+	.write	= trusted_kernel_write,
+	.llseek	= generic_file_llseek,
+};
+
+static __init int setup_trusted_kernel(void)
+{
+	struct dentry *trusted_kernel_file;
+
+	trusted_kernel_file = securityfs_create_file("trusted_kernel",
+						     S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+						     NULL, NULL,
+						     &trusted_kernel_fops);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(trusted_kernel_file))
+		return PTR_ERR(trusted_kernel_file);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(setup_trusted_kernel);
+
+static int __init enable_trusted_kernel(char *__str)
+{
+	trusted_kernel = true;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("trusted_kernel", enable_trusted_kernel);
-- 
1.8.5.3


  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-26 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-26 20:11 Trusted kernel patchset for Secure Boot lockdown Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2014-02-27 19:02   ` [PATCH 01/12] Add support for indicating that the booted kernel is externally trusted Kees Cook
2014-03-31 14:49   ` Pavel Machek
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 02/12] Enforce module signatures when trusted kernel is enabled Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 03/12] PCI: Lock down BAR access when trusted_kernel is true Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 04/12] x86: Lock down IO port " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 05/12] Restrict /dev/mem and /dev/kmem " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 06/12] acpi: Limit access to custom_method if " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 07/12] acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel parameter when " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 08/12] kexec: Disable at runtime if " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 09/12] uswsusp: Disable when " Matthew Garrett
2014-03-31 14:49   ` Pavel Machek
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 10/12] x86: Restrict MSR access " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 11/12] asus-wmi: Restrict debugfs interface " Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 20:11 ` [PATCH 12/12] Add option to automatically set trusted_kernel when in Secure Boot mode Matthew Garrett
2014-02-26 22:41   ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-02-26 22:47     ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-02-26 22:48     ` Matthew Garrett
2014-02-27 18:48       ` Kees Cook
2014-02-26 21:11 ` Trusted kernel patchset for Secure Boot lockdown Kees Cook
2014-02-26 22:21   ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-19 17:42     ` Florian Weimer
2014-02-27 18:04 ` Josh Boyer
2014-02-27 19:07   ` Greg KH
2014-02-27 19:11     ` Josh Boyer
2014-02-28 12:50       ` Josh Boyer
2014-02-28  3:03   ` James Morris
2014-02-28  4:52     ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-13  5:01     ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-13  6:22       ` Kees Cook
2014-03-13  9:33         ` James Morris
2014-03-13 10:12           ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-13 15:54             ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-03-13 15:59           ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-13 21:24             ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-13 21:28               ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-03-13 21:32                 ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-13 21:30               ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-13 23:21                 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14  1:57                   ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 12:22                     ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 12:51                       ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 15:23                         ` Kees Cook
2014-03-14 15:46                           ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 15:54                             ` Kees Cook
2014-03-14 15:58                               ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 16:28                           ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 17:06                         ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 18:11                           ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 19:24                             ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 20:37                               ` David Lang
2014-03-14 20:43                                 ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 21:58                               ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 22:04                                 ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 21:48                             ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 21:56                               ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 22:08                                 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 22:15                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-14 22:31                                     ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-14 22:52                                       ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-19 19:50                                       ` Kees Cook
2014-03-14 23:18                                   ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-03-15  0:15                                     ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-19 17:49                                     ` Florian Weimer
2014-03-19 20:16                                     ` Kees Cook
2014-03-20 14:47                                       ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-20 14:55                                       ` tytso
2014-03-20 17:12                                         ` Matthew Garrett
2014-03-20 18:13                                           ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-13 21:26             ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-03-13 21:31               ` Matthew Garrett
2015-03-13 21:38 Trusted kernel patchset Matthew Garrett
2015-03-13 21:38 ` [PATCH 01/12] Add support for indicating that the booted kernel is externally trusted Matthew Garrett

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