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-rw-r--r--include/linux/kexec.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec_core.c11
-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec_file.c2
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 5dd4343c1bbe..f18a3c9e813b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ extern int kimage_crash_copy_vmcoreinfo(struct kimage *image);
extern struct kimage *kexec_image;
extern struct kimage *kexec_crash_image;
-extern int kexec_load_disabled;
+
+bool kexec_load_permitted(void);
#ifndef kexec_flush_icache_page
#define kexec_flush_icache_page(page)
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index cb8e6e6f983c..ce1bca874a8d 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static inline int kexec_load_check(unsigned long nr_segments,
int result;
/* We only trust the superuser with rebooting the system. */
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) || kexec_load_disabled)
+ if (!kexec_load_permitted())
return -EPERM;
/* Permit LSMs and IMA to fail the kexec */
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_core.c b/kernel/kexec_core.c
index 969e8f52f7da..d51ebbaeb1b2 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_core.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_core.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ int kimage_load_segment(struct kimage *image,
struct kimage *kexec_image;
struct kimage *kexec_crash_image;
-int kexec_load_disabled;
+static int kexec_load_disabled;
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
static struct ctl_table kexec_core_sysctls[] = {
{
@@ -946,6 +946,15 @@ static int __init kexec_core_sysctl_init(void)
late_initcall(kexec_core_sysctl_init);
#endif
+bool kexec_load_permitted(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Only the superuser can use the kexec syscall and if it has not
+ * been disabled.
+ */
+ return capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) && !kexec_load_disabled;
+}
+
/*
* No panic_cpu check version of crash_kexec(). This function is called
* only when panic_cpu holds the current CPU number; this is the only CPU
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index dd5983010b7b..c897eb4b8c8c 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kexec_file_load, int, kernel_fd, int, initrd_fd,
struct kimage **dest_image, *image;
/* We only trust the superuser with rebooting the system. */
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) || kexec_load_disabled)
+ if (!kexec_load_permitted())
return -EPERM;
/* Make sure we have a legal set of flags */