acpi: Disable ACPI table override if the kernel is locked down
authorLinn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:40:31 +0000 (17:40 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:04:10 +0000 (21:04 +0000)
commit272c3dea1496d9da89fd0b41f8ac8833c5e3b170
tree695a577e925b7b2dab7658ee96068e5706941987
parent2bf3bd4000321d529ebd665a2a2f6b09072b9b23
acpi: Disable ACPI table override if the kernel is locked down

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 the kernel is locked down.

Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0055-acpi-Disable-ACPI-table-override-if-the-kernel-is-lo.patch
drivers/acpi/tables.c