[PATCH] powerpc/powernv: Make opal log only readable by root

Jordan Niethe jniethe5 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 14:02:29 AEDT 2019


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.

Signed-off-by: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5 at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c
index acd3206dfae3..06628c71cef6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-msglog.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static ssize_t opal_msglog_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 static struct bin_attribute opal_msglog_attr = {
-	.attr = {.name = "msglog", .mode = 0444},
+	.attr = {.name = "msglog", .mode = 0400},
 	.read = opal_msglog_read
 };
 
-- 
2.20.1



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