Re: lockdown bypass on mainline kernel for loading unsigned modules

[John Haxby <john.haxby () oracle com>]

Hi Jason,


> On 15 Jun 2020, at 11:26, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason () zx2c4 com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Yesterday, I found a lockdown bypass in Ubuntu 18.04's kernel using
> ACPI table tricks via the efi ssdt variable [1]. Today I found another
> one that's a bit easier to exploit and appears to be unpatched on
> mainline, using acpi_configfs to inject an ACPI table. The tricks are
> basically the same as the first one, but this one appears to be
> unpatched, at least on my test machine. Explanation is in the header
> of the PoC:
>
> https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language-2.sh
>
> I need to get some sleep, but if nobody posts a patch in the
> meanwhile, I'll try to post a fix tomorrow.
>
> Jason
>
> [1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/14/1


This looks CVE-worthy.   Are you going to ask for a CVE for it?

jch

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