From: Ben Hutchings Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:09:17 +0000 Subject: dccp: Disable auto-loading as mitigation against local exploits Forwarded: not-needed We can mitigate the effect of vulnerabilities in obscure protocols by preventing unprivileged users from loading the modules, so that they are only exploitable on systems where the administrator has chosen to load the protocol. The 'dccp' protocol is not actively maintained or widely used. Therefore disable auto-loading. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- Index: linux/net/dccp/ipv4.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/net/dccp/ipv4.c +++ linux/net/dccp/ipv4.c @@ -1079,8 +1079,8 @@ module_exit(dccp_v4_exit); * values directly, Also cover the case where the protocol is not specified, * i.e. net-pf-PF_INET-proto-0-type-SOCK_DCCP */ -MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET, 33, 6); -MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET, 0, 6); +/* MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET, 33, 6); */ +/* MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET, 0, 6); */ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DCCP - Datagram Congestion Controlled Protocol"); Index: linux/net/dccp/ipv6.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/net/dccp/ipv6.c +++ linux/net/dccp/ipv6.c @@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ module_exit(dccp_v6_exit); * values directly, Also cover the case where the protocol is not specified, * i.e. net-pf-PF_INET6-proto-0-type-SOCK_DCCP */ -MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET6, 33, 6); -MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET6, 0, 6); +/* MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET6, 33, 6); */ +/* MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET6, 0, 6); */ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DCCPv6 - Datagram Congestion Controlled Protocol");