acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set
authorLinn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Fri, 4 Mar 2016 23:08:24 +0000 (16:08 -0700)
committerYves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:29:03 +0000 (15:29 +0000)
commitb7a612de7b9f86239ffc8082f869165cab267c2f
treeb985ee23c587a8d70d2dc1e9f5e77006e88ef490
parentd127fc742285acc9eff23b99abfa76f03170347c
acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set

From the kernel documentation (initrd_table_override.txt):

  If the ACPI_INITRD_TABLE_OVERRIDE compile option is true, it is possible
  to override nearly any ACPI table provided by the BIOS with an
  instrumented, modified one.

When securelevel is set, the kernel should disallow any unauthenticated
changes to kernel space. ACPI tables contain code invoked by the kernel, so
do not allow ACPI tables to be overridden if securelevel is set.

Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
[bwh: Forward-ported to 4.7: ACPI override code moved to drivers/acpi/tables.c]
[bwh: Forward-ported to 4.9: adjust context]

Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/securelevel
Gbp-Pq: Name acpi-disable-acpi-table-override-if-securelevel-is-s.patch
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
drivers/acpi/tables.c