From: Matthew Garrett Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 08:39:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ACPI: Limit access to custom_method custom_method effectively allows arbitrary access to system memory, making it possible for an attacker to circumvent restrictions on module loading. Disable it if any such restrictions have been enabled. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett --- drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c index c68e72414a67..4277938af700 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf, struct acpi_table_header table; acpi_status status; + if (secure_modules()) + return -EPERM; + if (!(*ppos)) { /* parse the table header to get the table length */ if (count <= sizeof(struct acpi_table_header)) -- 2.1.0