[PATCH] Implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc
Sukadev Bhattiprolu
sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Aug 31 05:19:17 EST 2011
>From 9d899c6bcb685afc58245f1fcfe5de1e8b499856 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:12:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM support for Powerpc.
As described in the help text in the patch, this token restricts general
access to /dev/mem as a way of increasing the security. Specifically, access
to exclusive IOMEM and kernel RAM is denied unless CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is
set to 'n'.
Implement the 'devmem_is_allowed()' interface for Powerpc. It will be
called from range_is_allowed() when userpsace attempts to access /dev/mem.
This patch is based on an earlier patch from Steve Best and with input from
Paul Mackerras and Scott Wood.
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h | 1 +
arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
drivers/char/mem.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 067cb84..1cf1b00 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -298,4 +298,16 @@ config PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_CPM_ADDR
platform probing is done, all platforms selected must
share the same address.
+config STRICT_DEVMEM
+ def_bool y
+ prompt "Filter access to /dev/mem"
+ help
+ This option restricts access to /dev/mem. If this option is
+ disabled, you allow userspace access to all memory, including
+ kernel and userspace memory. Accidental memory access is likely
+ to be disastrous.
+ Memory access is required for experts who want to debug the kernel.
+
+ If you are unsure, say Y.
+
endmenu
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
index 2cd664e..9eac49e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ extern void clear_user_page(void *page, unsigned long vaddr, struct page *pg);
extern void copy_user_page(void *to, void *from, unsigned long vaddr,
struct page *p);
extern int page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn);
+extern int devmem_is_allowd(unsigned long pfn);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR
void arch_free_page(struct page *page, int order);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index c781bbc..bb7537d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -549,3 +549,19 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
hash_preload(vma->vm_mm, address, access, trap);
#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU */
}
+
+/*
+ * devmem_is_allowed(): check to see if /dev/mem access to a certain address
+ * is valid. The argument is a physical page number.
+ *
+ * Access has to be given to non-kernel-ram areas as well, these contain the
+ * PCI mmio resources as well as potential bios/acpi data regions.
+ */
+int devmem_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn)
+{
+ if (iomem_is_exclusive(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT))
+ return 0;
+ if (!page_is_ram(pfn))
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 8fc04b4..0fb542c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ static inline int range_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size)
while (cursor < to) {
if (!devmem_is_allowed(pfn)) {
printk(KERN_INFO
- "Program %s tried to access /dev/mem between %Lx->%Lx.\n",
- current->comm, from, to);
+ "Program %s tried to access /dev/mem between %Lx->%Lx and "
+ "pfn %lu.\n", current->comm, from, to, pfn);
return 0;
}
cursor += PAGE_SIZE;
--
1.7.0.4
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