From 13752fe2d7f2d41c2fd92a5d1b1c6e38c4de0c05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:28:04 -0800 Subject: security: introduce kernel_fw_from_file hook In order to validate the contents of firmware being loaded, there must be a hook to evaluate any loaded firmware that wasn't built into the kernel itself. Without this, there is a risk that a root user could load malicious firmware designed to mount an attack against kernel memory (e.g. via DMA). Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai --- security/security.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'security/security.c') diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index 31614e9e96e5..35d37d0f0d49 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -845,6 +845,12 @@ int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode) return security_ops->kernel_create_files_as(new, inode); } +int security_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size) +{ + return security_ops->kernel_fw_from_file(file, buf, size); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(security_kernel_fw_from_file); + int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name) { return security_ops->kernel_module_request(kmod_name); -- cgit v1.2.3