kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:40:30 +0000 (17:40 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:09:26 +0000 (23:09 +0100)
commit164a68bb3f126362ed89ce58d9583f7b9ff21e79
tree32241453a6d908371ed5d4653d678b6b8aa8a974
parent5ea79075e2a8265bb7cb27179d2e59d2db11ace9
kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down

kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which
is something that lock-down is meant to prevent. It makes sense to disable
kexec in this situation.

This does not affect kexec_file_load() which can check for a signature on the
image to be booted.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0044-kexec-Disable-at-runtime-if-the-kernel-is-locked-dow.patch
kernel/kexec.c