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authorSven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>2019-06-17 14:23:54 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2019-06-18 09:10:02 +0200
commit2472d64af2d3561954e2f05365a67692bb852f2a (patch)
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firmware: improve LSM/IMA security behaviour
The firmware loader queries if LSM/IMA permits it to load firmware via the sysfs fallback. Unfortunately, the code does the opposite: it expressly permits sysfs fw loading if security_kernel_load_data( LOADING_FIRMWARE) returns -EACCES. This happens because a zero-on-success return value is cast to a bool that's true on success. Fix the return value handling so we get the correct behaviour. Fixes: 6e852651f28e ("firmware: add call to LSM hook before firmware sysfs fallback") Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base')
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index b5cd96fd0e77..29becea1910d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static bool fw_run_sysfs_fallback(enum fw_opt opt_flags)
/* Also permit LSMs and IMA to fail firmware sysfs fallback */
ret = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_FIRMWARE);
if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ return false;
return fw_force_sysfs_fallback(opt_flags);
}