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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'hwparam-20170420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs</title>
<updated>2017-05-11T02:13:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2017-05-11T02:13:03+00:00</published>
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Pull hw lockdown support from David Howells:
 "Annotation of module parameters that configure hardware resources
  including ioports, iomem addresses, irq lines and dma channels.

  This allows a future patch to prohibit the use of such module
  parameters to prevent that hardware from being abused to gain access
  to the running kernel image as part of locking the kernel down under
  UEFI secure boot conditions.

  Annotations are made by changing:

        module_param(n, t, p)
        module_param_named(n, v, t, p)
        module_param_array(n, t, m, p)

  to:

        module_param_hw(n, t, hwtype, p)
        module_param_hw_named(n, v, t, hwtype, p)
        module_param_hw_array(n, t, hwtype, m, p)

  where the module parameter refers to a hardware setting

  hwtype specifies the type of the resource being configured. This can
  be one of:

        ioport          Module parameter configures an I/O port
        iomem           Module parameter configures an I/O mem address
        ioport_or_iomem Module parameter could be either (runtime set)
        irq             Module parameter configures an I/O port
        dma             Module parameter configures a DMA channel
        dma_addr        Module parameter configures a DMA buffer address
        other           Module parameter configures some other value

  Note that the hwtype is compile checked, but not currently stored (the
  lockdown code probably won't require it). It is, however, there for
  future use.

  A bonus is that the hwtype can also be used for grepping.

  The intention is for the kernel to ignore or reject attempts to set
  annotated module parameters if lockdown is enabled. This applies to
  options passed on the boot command line, passed to insmod/modprobe or
  direct twiddling in /sys/module/ parameter files.

  The module initialisation then needs to handle the parameter not being
  set, by (1) giving an error, (2) probing for a value or (3) using a
  reasonable default.

  What I can't do is just reject a module out of hand because it may
  take a hardware setting in the module parameters. Some important
  modules, some ipmi stuff for instance, both probe for hardware and
  allow hardware to be manually specified; if the driver is aborts with
  any error, you don't get any ipmi hardware.

  Further, trying to do this entirely in the module initialisation code
  doesn't protect against sysfs twiddling.

  [!] Note that in and of itself, this series of patches should have no
      effect on the the size of the kernel or code execution - that is
      left to a patch in the next series to effect. It does mark
      annotated kernel parameters with a KERNEL_PARAM_FL_HWPARAM flag in
      an already existing field"

* tag 'hwparam-20170420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs: (38 commits)
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/pci/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/oss/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/isa/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/drivers/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in fs/pstore/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/watchdog/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/video/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/tty/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/vme/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/speakup/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/media/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/scsi/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/pcmcia/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/pci/hotplug/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/parport/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wireless/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wan/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/irda/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/hamradio/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/ethernet/
  ...
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Pull hw lockdown support from David Howells:
 "Annotation of module parameters that configure hardware resources
  including ioports, iomem addresses, irq lines and dma channels.

  This allows a future patch to prohibit the use of such module
  parameters to prevent that hardware from being abused to gain access
  to the running kernel image as part of locking the kernel down under
  UEFI secure boot conditions.

  Annotations are made by changing:

        module_param(n, t, p)
        module_param_named(n, v, t, p)
        module_param_array(n, t, m, p)

  to:

        module_param_hw(n, t, hwtype, p)
        module_param_hw_named(n, v, t, hwtype, p)
        module_param_hw_array(n, t, hwtype, m, p)

  where the module parameter refers to a hardware setting

  hwtype specifies the type of the resource being configured. This can
  be one of:

        ioport          Module parameter configures an I/O port
        iomem           Module parameter configures an I/O mem address
        ioport_or_iomem Module parameter could be either (runtime set)
        irq             Module parameter configures an I/O port
        dma             Module parameter configures a DMA channel
        dma_addr        Module parameter configures a DMA buffer address
        other           Module parameter configures some other value

  Note that the hwtype is compile checked, but not currently stored (the
  lockdown code probably won't require it). It is, however, there for
  future use.

  A bonus is that the hwtype can also be used for grepping.

  The intention is for the kernel to ignore or reject attempts to set
  annotated module parameters if lockdown is enabled. This applies to
  options passed on the boot command line, passed to insmod/modprobe or
  direct twiddling in /sys/module/ parameter files.

  The module initialisation then needs to handle the parameter not being
  set, by (1) giving an error, (2) probing for a value or (3) using a
  reasonable default.

  What I can't do is just reject a module out of hand because it may
  take a hardware setting in the module parameters. Some important
  modules, some ipmi stuff for instance, both probe for hardware and
  allow hardware to be manually specified; if the driver is aborts with
  any error, you don't get any ipmi hardware.

  Further, trying to do this entirely in the module initialisation code
  doesn't protect against sysfs twiddling.

  [!] Note that in and of itself, this series of patches should have no
      effect on the the size of the kernel or code execution - that is
      left to a patch in the next series to effect. It does mark
      annotated kernel parameters with a KERNEL_PARAM_FL_HWPARAM flag in
      an already existing field"

* tag 'hwparam-20170420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs: (38 commits)
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/pci/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/oss/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/isa/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in sound/drivers/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in fs/pstore/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/watchdog/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/video/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/tty/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/vme/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/speakup/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/media/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/scsi/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/pcmcia/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/pci/hotplug/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/parport/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wireless/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wan/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/irda/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/hamradio/
  Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/ethernet/
  ...
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<entry>
<title>pstore: Solve lockdep warning by moving inode locks</title>
<updated>2017-04-28T03:35:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-27T22:53:21+00:00</published>
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Lockdep complains about a possible deadlock between mount and unlink
(which is technically impossible), but fixing this improves possible
future multiple-backend support, and keeps locking in the right order.

The lockdep warning could be triggered by unlinking a file in the
pstore filesystem:

  -&gt; #1 (&amp;sb-&gt;s_type-&gt;i_mutex_key#14){++++++}:
         lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
         down_write+0x3f/0x70
         pstore_mkfile+0x1f4/0x460
         pstore_get_records+0x17a/0x320
         pstore_fill_super+0xa4/0xc0
         mount_single+0x89/0xb0
         pstore_mount+0x13/0x20
         mount_fs+0xf/0x90
         vfs_kern_mount+0x66/0x170
         do_mount+0x190/0xd50
         SyS_mount+0x90/0xd0
         entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1

  -&gt; #0 (&amp;psinfo-&gt;read_mutex){+.+.+.}:
         __lock_acquire+0x1ac0/0x1bb0
         lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
         __mutex_lock+0x6e/0x990
         mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20
         pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
         vfs_unlink+0xb5/0x190
         do_unlinkat+0x24c/0x2a0
         SyS_unlinkat+0x16/0x30
         entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1

  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0                    CPU1
        ----                    ----
   lock(&amp;sb-&gt;s_type-&gt;i_mutex_key#14);
                                lock(&amp;psinfo-&gt;read_mutex);
                                lock(&amp;sb-&gt;s_type-&gt;i_mutex_key#14);
   lock(&amp;psinfo-&gt;read_mutex);

Reported-by: Marta Lofstedt &lt;marta.lofstedt@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: Chris Wilson &lt;chris@chris-wilson.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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Lockdep complains about a possible deadlock between mount and unlink
(which is technically impossible), but fixing this improves possible
future multiple-backend support, and keeps locking in the right order.

The lockdep warning could be triggered by unlinking a file in the
pstore filesystem:

  -&gt; #1 (&amp;sb-&gt;s_type-&gt;i_mutex_key#14){++++++}:
         lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
         down_write+0x3f/0x70
         pstore_mkfile+0x1f4/0x460
         pstore_get_records+0x17a/0x320
         pstore_fill_super+0xa4/0xc0
         mount_single+0x89/0xb0
         pstore_mount+0x13/0x20
         mount_fs+0xf/0x90
         vfs_kern_mount+0x66/0x170
         do_mount+0x190/0xd50
         SyS_mount+0x90/0xd0
         entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1

  -&gt; #0 (&amp;psinfo-&gt;read_mutex){+.+.+.}:
         __lock_acquire+0x1ac0/0x1bb0
         lock_acquire+0xc9/0x220
         __mutex_lock+0x6e/0x990
         mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20
         pstore_unlink+0x3f/0xa0
         vfs_unlink+0xb5/0x190
         do_unlinkat+0x24c/0x2a0
         SyS_unlinkat+0x16/0x30
         entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1

  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0                    CPU1
        ----                    ----
   lock(&amp;sb-&gt;s_type-&gt;i_mutex_key#14);
                                lock(&amp;psinfo-&gt;read_mutex);
                                lock(&amp;sb-&gt;s_type-&gt;i_mutex_key#14);
   lock(&amp;psinfo-&gt;read_mutex);

Reported-by: Marta Lofstedt &lt;marta.lofstedt@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: Chris Wilson &lt;chris@chris-wilson.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>pstore: Remove unused vmalloc.h in pmsg</title>
<updated>2017-04-27T21:48:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Geliang Tang</name>
<email>geliangtang@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-23T13:15:13+00:00</published>
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Since the vmalloc code has been removed from write_pmsg() in the commit
"5bf6d1b pstore/pmsg: drop bounce buffer", remove the unused header
vmalloc.h.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang &lt;geliangtang@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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Since the vmalloc code has been removed from write_pmsg() in the commit
"5bf6d1b pstore/pmsg: drop bounce buffer", remove the unused header
vmalloc.h.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang &lt;geliangtang@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Annotate hardware config module parameters in fs/pstore/</title>
<updated>2017-04-20T11:02:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-04T15:54:29+00:00</published>
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When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image.  Whilst this
includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
device to access or modify the kernel image.

To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
specify.  The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
default values for those parameters is.

Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
to manually coded parameters.

This patch annotates drivers in fs/pstore/.

Suggested-by: Alan Cox &lt;gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
cc: Anton Vorontsov &lt;anton@enomsg.org&gt;
cc: Colin Cross &lt;ccross@android.com&gt;
cc: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
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When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image.  Whilst this
includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
device to access or modify the kernel image.

To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
specify.  The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
default values for those parameters is.

Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
to manually coded parameters.

This patch annotates drivers in fs/pstore/.

Suggested-by: Alan Cox &lt;gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
cc: Anton Vorontsov &lt;anton@enomsg.org&gt;
cc: Colin Cross &lt;ccross@android.com&gt;
cc: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>pstore: simplify write_user_compat()</title>
<updated>2017-03-07T22:01:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-07T21:57:11+00:00</published>
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Nothing actually uses write_user_compat() currently, but there is no
reason to reuse the dmesg buffer. Instead, just allocate a new record
buffer, copy in from userspace, and pass it to write() as normal.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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Nothing actually uses write_user_compat() currently, but there is no
reason to reuse the dmesg buffer. Instead, just allocate a new record
buffer, copy in from userspace, and pass it to write() as normal.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>pstore: Remove write_buf() callback</title>
<updated>2017-03-07T22:01:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-06T06:41:10+00:00</published>
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Now that write() and write_buf() are functionally identical, this removes
write_buf(), and renames write_buf_user() to write_user(). Additionally
adds sanity-checks for pstore_info's declared functions and flags at
registration time.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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Now that write() and write_buf() are functionally identical, this removes
write_buf(), and renames write_buf_user() to write_user(). Additionally
adds sanity-checks for pstore_info's declared functions and flags at
registration time.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>pstore: Replace arguments for write_buf_user() API</title>
<updated>2017-03-07T22:01:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-05T08:56:38+00:00</published>
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Removes argument list in favor of pstore record, though the user buffer
remains passed separately since it must carry the __user annotation.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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Removes argument list in favor of pstore record, though the user buffer
remains passed separately since it must carry the __user annotation.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>pstore: Replace arguments for write_buf() API</title>
<updated>2017-03-07T22:01:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-05T08:27:54+00:00</published>
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As with the other API updates, this removes the long argument list in favor
of passing a single pstore recaord.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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As with the other API updates, this removes the long argument list in favor
of passing a single pstore recaord.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>pstore: Replace arguments for erase() API</title>
<updated>2017-03-07T22:01:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-05T07:31:19+00:00</published>
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This removes the argument list for the erase() callback and replaces it
with a pointer to the backend record details to be removed.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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This removes the argument list for the erase() callback and replaces it
with a pointer to the backend record details to be removed.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>pstore: Do not duplicate record metadata</title>
<updated>2017-03-07T22:00:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-05T07:12:24+00:00</published>
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This switches the inode-private data from carrying duplicate metadata to
keeping the record passed in during pstore_mkfile().

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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This switches the inode-private data from carrying duplicate metadata to
keeping the record passed in during pstore_mkfile().

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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