firmware: replace call to fw_read_file_contents() with kernel version

Replace the fw_read_file_contents with kernel_file_read_from_path().

Although none of the upstreamed LSMs define a kernel_fw_from_file hook,
IMA is called by the security function to prevent unsigned firmware from
being loaded and to measure/appraise signed firmware, based on policy.

Instead of reading the firmware twice, once for measuring/appraising the
firmware and again for reading the firmware contents into memory, the
kernel_post_read_file() security hook calculates the file hash based on
the in memory file buffer.  The firmware is read once.

This patch removes the LSM kernel_fw_from_file() hook and security call.

Changelog v4+:
- revert dropped buf->size assignment - reported by Sergey Senozhatsky
v3:
- remove kernel_fw_from_file hook
- use kernel_file_read_from_path() - requested by Luis
v2:
- reordered and squashed firmware patches
- fix MAX firmware size (Kees Cook)

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index ef4c65a9fd17..cd85be61c416 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -884,17 +884,6 @@ int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode)
 	return call_int_hook(kernel_create_files_as, 0, new, inode);
 }
 
-int security_kernel_fw_from_file(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = call_int_hook(kernel_fw_from_file, 0, file, buf, size);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	return ima_fw_from_file(file, buf, size);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(security_kernel_fw_from_file);
-
 int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name)
 {
 	return call_int_hook(kernel_module_request, 0, kmod_name);
@@ -1703,8 +1692,6 @@ struct security_hook_heads security_hook_heads = {
 		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.kernel_act_as),
 	.kernel_create_files_as =
 		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.kernel_create_files_as),
-	.kernel_fw_from_file =
-		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.kernel_fw_from_file),
 	.kernel_module_request =
 		LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.kernel_module_request),
 	.kernel_module_from_file =