Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 5.20 (or 6.0) merge window.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
index da06a5553835..7beceb447211 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/debug_core.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmacache.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -752,6 +753,29 @@ cpu_master_loop:
 				continue;
 			kgdb_connected = 0;
 		} else {
+			/*
+			 * This is a brutal way to interfere with the debugger
+			 * and prevent gdb being used to poke at kernel memory.
+			 * This could cause trouble if lockdown is applied when
+			 * there is already an active gdb session. For now the
+			 * answer is simply "don't do that". Typically lockdown
+			 * *will* be applied before the debug core gets started
+			 * so only developers using kgdb for fairly advanced
+			 * early kernel debug can be biten by this. Hopefully
+			 * they are sophisticated enough to take care of
+			 * themselves, especially with help from the lockdown
+			 * message printed on the console!
+			 */
+			if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_DBG_WRITE_KERNEL)) {
+				if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KGDB_KDB)) {
+					/* Switch back to kdb if possible... */
+					dbg_kdb_mode = 1;
+					continue;
+				} else {
+					/* ... otherwise just bail */
+					break;
+				}
+			}
 			error = gdb_serial_stub(ks);
 		}