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authorHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>2010-02-25 22:22:22 -0300
committerHenrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>2010-02-25 22:22:22 -0300
commitb525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5 (patch)
tree025b22fda39fc7a42061ab25a908abe3ae757d3b
parent08fedfc903c78e380b0baa7b57c52d367794d0a5 (diff)
thinkpad-acpi: lock down video output state access
Given the right combination of ThinkPad and X.org, just reading the video output control state is enough to hard-crash X.org. Until the day I somehow find out a model or BIOS cut date to not provide this feature to ThinkPads that can do video switching through X RandR, change permissions so that only processes with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can access any sort of video output control state. This bug could be considered a local DoS I suppose, as it allows any non-privledged local user to cause some versions of X.org to hard-crash some ThinkPads. Reported-by: Jidanni <jidanni@jidanni.org> Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: stable@kernel.org
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt4
-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig10
-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c15
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 75afa1229fd..39c0a09d010 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
+NOTE: Access to this feature is restricted to processes owning the
+CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for safety reasons, as it can interact badly
+enough with some versions of X.org to crash it.
+
Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index f526e735c5a..11fce79b61d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -319,9 +319,15 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO
server running, phase of the moon, and the current mood of
Schroedinger's cat. If you can use X.org's RandR to control
your ThinkPad's video output ports instead of this feature,
- don't think twice: do it and say N here to save some memory.
+ don't think twice: do it and say N here to save memory and avoid
+ bad interactions with X.org.
- If you are not sure, say Y here.
+ NOTE: access to this feature is limited to processes with the
+ CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, to avoid local DoS issues in platforms
+ where it interacts badly with X.org.
+
+ If you are not sure, say Y here but do try to check if you could
+ be using X.org RandR instead.
config THINKPAD_ACPI_HOTKEY_POLL
bool "Support NVRAM polling for hot keys"
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 3af4628d7dd..5d02cc06d1a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ struct ibm_init_struct {
char param[32];
int (*init) (struct ibm_init_struct *);
+ mode_t base_procfs_mode;
struct ibm_struct *data;
};
@@ -4629,6 +4630,10 @@ static int video_read(struct seq_file *m)
return 0;
}
+ /* Even reads can crash X.org, so... */
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
status = video_outputsw_get();
if (status < 0)
return status;
@@ -4662,6 +4667,10 @@ static int video_write(char *buf)
if (video_supported == TPACPI_VIDEO_NONE)
return -ENODEV;
+ /* Even reads can crash X.org, let alone writes... */
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
enable = 0;
disable = 0;
@@ -8487,9 +8496,10 @@ static int __init ibm_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
"%s installed\n", ibm->name);
if (ibm->read) {
- mode_t mode;
+ mode_t mode = iibm->base_procfs_mode;
- mode = S_IRUGO;
+ if (!mode)
+ mode = S_IRUGO;
if (ibm->write)
mode |= S_IWUSR;
entry = proc_create_data(ibm->name, mode, proc_dir,
@@ -8680,6 +8690,7 @@ static struct ibm_init_struct ibms_init[] __initdata = {
#ifdef CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_VIDEO
{
.init = video_init,
+ .base_procfs_mode = S_IRUSR,
.data = &video_driver_data,
},
#endif