From 4ae69e6b718589abe97c9625ccbb1e0bc95a8c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:19:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mmap_min_addr check CAP_SYS_RAWIO only for write Redirecting directly to lsm, here's the patch discussed on lkml: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/4/22/219 The mmap_min_addr value is useful information for an admin to see without being root ("is my system vulnerable to kernel NULL pointer attacks?") and its setting is trivially easy for an attacker to determine by calling mmap() in PAGE_SIZE increments starting at 0, so trying to keep it private has no value. Only require CAP_SYS_RAWIO if changing the value, not reading it. Comment from Serge : Me, I like to write my passwords with light blue pen on dark blue paper, pasted on my window - if you're going to get my password, you're gonna get a headache. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: James Morris (cherry picked from commit 822cceec7248013821d655545ea45d1c6a9d15b3) --- security/min_addr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/security/min_addr.c b/security/min_addr.c index e86f297522bf..f728728f193b 100644 --- a/security/min_addr.c +++ b/security/min_addr.c @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int mmap_min_addr_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, { int ret; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) + if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM; ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);