From: David Howells Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:37 +0000 Subject: [25/29] Lock down /proc/kcore Origin: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/commit?id=797378dc4498207c3abc1101cfdc9ef2581d8c71 Disallow access to /proc/kcore when the kernel is locked down to prevent access to cryptographic data. Signed-off-by: David Howells Reviewed-by: James Morris --- fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) Index: linux/fs/proc/kcore.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/proc/kcore.c +++ linux/fs/proc/kcore.c @@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ out: static int open_kcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { + if (kernel_is_locked_down("/proc/kcore")) + return -EPERM; if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) return -EPERM;