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authorPrarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>2013-11-12 15:08:33 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-11-13 12:09:11 +0900
commit3d035f580699feba352f8703cced127fc203f0dd (patch)
tree9469709ea2eda88e66531edb865ab41757615a0d /drivers/char
parent72403b4a0fbdf433c1fe0127e49864658f6f6468 (diff)
drivers/char/hpet.c: allow user controlled mmap for user processes
The CONFIG_HPET_MMAP Kconfig option exposes the memory map of the HPET registers to userspace. The Kconfig help points out that in some cases this can be a security risk as some systems may erroneously configure the map such that additional data is exposed to userspace. This is a problem for distributions -- some users want the MMAP functionality but it comes with a significant security risk. In an effort to mitigate this risk, and due to the low number of users of the MMAP functionality, I've introduced a kernel parameter, hpet_mmap_enable, that is required in order to actually have the HPET MMAP exposed. Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Wilson <msw@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/Kconfig10
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hpet.c24
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 14219972c745..fa3243d71c76 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -522,10 +522,16 @@ config HPET_MMAP
If you say Y here, user applications will be able to mmap
the HPET registers.
+config HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT
+ bool "Enable HPET MMAP access by default"
+ default y
+ depends on HPET_MMAP
+ help
In some hardware implementations, the page containing HPET
registers may also contain other things that shouldn't be
- exposed to the user. If this applies to your hardware,
- say N here.
+ exposed to the user. This option selects the default (if
+ kernel parameter hpet_mmap is not set) user access to the
+ registers for applications that require it.
config HANGCHECK_TIMER
tristate "Hangcheck timer"
diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index dca5834685cf..5d9c31dfc905 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -367,12 +367,29 @@ static unsigned int hpet_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
return 0;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_MMAP
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_MMAP_DEFAULT
+static int hpet_mmap_enabled = 1;
+#else
+static int hpet_mmap_enabled = 0;
+#endif
+
+static __init int hpet_mmap_enable(char *str)
+{
+ get_option(&str, &hpet_mmap_enabled);
+ pr_info("HPET mmap %s\n", hpet_mmap_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("hpet_mmap", hpet_mmap_enable);
+
static int hpet_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_MMAP
struct hpet_dev *devp;
unsigned long addr;
+ if (!hpet_mmap_enabled)
+ return -EACCES;
+
devp = file->private_data;
addr = devp->hd_hpets->hp_hpet_phys;
@@ -381,10 +398,13 @@ static int hpet_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
return vm_iomap_memory(vma, addr, PAGE_SIZE);
+}
#else
+static int hpet_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
return -ENOSYS;
-#endif
}
+#endif
static int hpet_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
{