This patchset implements restricted modes for the KDB debugger. It is a continuation of previous kiosk mode work of Anton Vorontsov.
It provides a means for the root user to choose the set of kdb commands that are available on the kdb console. It is implemented similarly to the existing code to mask the available magic SysRq commands with modes for disable-all (0), enable-all(1) and a bitmask to enable/disable groups of functionality.
The implementation of the mask check includes a feature to allow command to change which group they belong to based on whether or not the command has arguments (for example, go without arguments is a very safe command whilst go with an argument allows arbitrary changes to the program counter).
There are a few patches, some are just cleanups, some are churn-ish cleanups, but inevitable. And the rest implements the mode -- after all the preparations, everything is pretty straightforward. The first patch is actually a pure bug fix (arguably unrelated to kiosk mode) but collides with the code to honour the SysRq mask when capabilities are restricted so I have included it here.
Changes since v3: * Rebase to latest mainline (3.15rc4). * Improved commenting on safety of calls to __handle_sysrq_nolock * Remove magic shift value in the command categorization values and expressed the flags using shifts to make code review of the defined shift value easier.
Changes since v2: * Fixed stupid build error when CONFIG_KDB[_KIOSK]_DEFAULT_ENABLE was not defined. * Increase flexibility by allowing the userspace greater control over the commands to be restricted. * Removed the "kiosk" terminology. Its confusing.
Changes since v1 (circa 2012):
* ef (Display exception frame) is essentially an overly complex peek and has therefore been marked unsafe * bt (Stack traceback) has been marked safe only with no arguments * sr (Magic SysRq key) honours the sysrq mask when called in kiosk mode * Fixed over-zealous blocking of macro commands * Symbol lookup is forbidden by kdbgetaddrarg (more robust, better error reporting to user) * Fix deadlock in sr (Magic SysRq key) * Better help text in kiosk mode * Default (kiosk on/off) can be changed From the config file.
Anton Vorontsov (6): kdb: Remove currently unused kdbtab_t->cmd_flags kdb: Rename kdb_repeat_t to kdb_cmdflags_t, cmd_repeat to cmd_flags kdb: Rename kdb_register_repeat() to kdb_register_flags() kdb: Use KDB_REPEAT_* values as flags kdb: Remove KDB_REPEAT_NONE flag kdb: Add enable mask for groups of commands
Daniel Thompson (3): sysrq: Implement __handle_sysrq_nolock to avoid recursive locking in kdb kdb: Categorize kdb commands (similar to SysRq categorization) kdb: Allow access to sensitive commands to be restricted by default
drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 11 +- include/linux/kdb.h | 82 ++++++++++++-- include/linux/sysrq.h | 1 + kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c | 37 +++--- kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c | 250 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_private.h | 3 +- kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c | 4 +- lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 25 +++++ 8 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)