kexec: factor out kexec_load_permitted

Both syscalls (kexec and kexec_file) do the same check, let's factor it
out.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221114-disable-kexec-reset-v6-2-6a8531a09b9a@chromium.orgSigned-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@igalia.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Philipp Rudo <prudo@redhat.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@kernel.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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)

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 */

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

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 */