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diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c index 3a14cccbd7ff..41f0922ad842 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -842,6 +842,12 @@ static int uart_set_info(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_port *port, new_flags = (__force upf_t)new_info->flags; old_custom_divisor = uport->custom_divisor; + if ((change_port || change_irq) && + kernel_is_locked_down("Using TIOCSSERIAL to change device addresses, irqs and dma channels")) { + retval = -EPERM; + goto exit; + } + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) { retval = -EPERM; if (change_irq || change_port ||
Lock down TIOCSSERIAL as that can be used to change the ioport and irq settings on a serial port. This only appears to be an issue for the serial drivers that use the core serial code. All other drivers seem to either ignore attempts to change port/irq or give an error. Reported-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com> --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-security-module" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html