From e40ba6d56b41754b37b995dbc8035b2b3a6afd8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mimi Zohar Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:39:22 -0500 Subject: firmware: replace call to fw_read_file_contents() with kernel version Replace the fw_read_file_contents with kernel_file_read_from_path(). Although none of the upstreamed LSMs define a kernel_fw_from_file hook, IMA is called by the security function to prevent unsigned firmware from being loaded and to measure/appraise signed firmware, based on policy. Instead of reading the firmware twice, once for measuring/appraising the firmware and again for reading the firmware contents into memory, the kernel_post_read_file() security hook calculates the file hash based on the in memory file buffer. The firmware is read once. This patch removes the LSM kernel_fw_from_file() hook and security call. Changelog v4+: - revert dropped buf->size assignment - reported by Sergey Senozhatsky v3: - remove kernel_fw_from_file hook - use kernel_file_read_from_path() - requested by Luis v2: - reordered and squashed firmware patches - fix MAX firmware size (Kees Cook) Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar Acked-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez --- include/linux/security.h | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/security.h') diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h index d920718dc845..cee1349e1155 100644 --- a/include/linux/security.h +++ b/include/linux/security.h @@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ int security_prepare_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, gfp_t gfp); void security_transfer_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old); int security_kernel_act_as(struct cred *new, u32 secid); int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode); -int security_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size); int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name); int security_kernel_module_from_file(struct file *file); int security_kernel_post_read_file(struct file *file, char *buf, loff_t size, @@ -854,12 +853,6 @@ static inline int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *cred, return 0; } -static inline int security_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file, - char *buf, size_t size) -{ - return 0; -} - static inline int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name) { return 0; -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522