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authorPeter Enderborg <peter.enderborg@sony.com>2020-07-16 10:15:11 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-07-23 18:10:25 +0300
commita24c6f7bc923d5e2f3139855eb09b0d480d6b410 (patch)
treef96b6939d66e6cb438690706dcb76b7e2a948f73 /lib/Kconfig.debug
parent072e133d554bb74929f902582c8cf66d9fd12771 (diff)
downloadlinux-a24c6f7bc923d5e2f3139855eb09b0d480d6b410.tar.xz
debugfs: Add access restriction option
Since debugfs include sensitive information it need to be treated carefully. But it also has many very useful debug functions for userspace. With this option we can have same configuration for system with need of debugfs and a way to turn it off. This gives a extra protection for exposure on systems where user-space services with system access are attacked. It is controlled by a configurable default value that can be override with a kernel command line parameter. (debugfs=) It can be on or off, but also internally on but not seen from user-space. This no-mount mode do not register a debugfs as filesystem, but client can register their parts in the internal structures. This data can be readed with a debugger or saved with a crashkernel. When it is off clients get EPERM error when accessing the functions for registering their components. Signed-off-by: Peter Enderborg <peter.enderborg@sony.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200716071511.26864-3-peter.enderborg@sony.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 2bff6315224d..256e4ce65f1a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -476,6 +476,38 @@ config DEBUG_FS
If unsure, say N.
+choice
+ prompt "Debugfs default access"
+ depends on DEBUG_FS
+ default DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_ALL
+ help
+ This selects the default access restrictions for debugfs.
+ It can be overridden with kernel command line option
+ debugfs=[on,no-mount,off]. The restrictions apply for API access
+ and filesystem registration.
+
+config DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_ALL
+ bool "Access normal"
+ help
+ No restrictions apply. Both API and filesystem registration
+ is on. This is the normal default operation.
+
+config DEBUG_FS_DISALLOW_MOUNT
+ bool "Do not register debugfs as filesystem"
+ help
+ The API is open but filesystem is not loaded. Clients can still do
+ their work and read with debug tools that do not need
+ debugfs filesystem.
+
+config DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_NONE
+ bool "No access"
+ help
+ Access is off. Clients get -PERM when trying to create nodes in
+ debugfs tree and debugfs is not registered as a filesystem.
+ Client can then back-off or continue without debugfs access.
+
+endchoice
+
source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"
source "lib/Kconfig.ubsan"