From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8636AC48BDB for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2019 19:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6621020663 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2019 19:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728298AbfGGTnL (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jul 2019 15:43:11 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:57532 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727598AbfGGTiL (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jul 2019 15:38:11 -0400 Received: from 94.197.121.43.threembb.co.uk ([94.197.121.43] helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hkCz8-0006ji-RC; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 20:38:06 +0100 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hkCz6-0005dX-N1; Sun, 07 Jul 2019 20:38:04 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov , "Michael Ellerman" , "Jordan Niethe" , "Stewart Smith" , "Andrew Donnellan" Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:54:17 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Subject: [PATCH 3.16 090/129] powerpc/powernv: Make opal log only readable by root In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 94.197.121.43 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.70-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jordan Niethe commit 7b62f9bd2246b7d3d086e571397c14ba52645ef1 upstream. Currently the opal log is globally readable. It is kernel policy to limit the visibility of physical addresses / kernel pointers to root. Given this and the fact the opal log may contain this information it would be better to limit the readability to root. Fixes: bfc36894a48b ("powerpc/powernv: Add OPAL message log interface") Signed-off-by: Jordan Niethe Reviewed-by: Stewart Smith Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ out: } static struct bin_attribute opal_msglog_attr = { - .attr = {.name = "msglog", .mode = 0444}, + .attr = {.name = "msglog", .mode = 0400}, .read = opal_msglog_read };