ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:34 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerBastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:45:54 +0000 (18:45 +0000)
commit351a5bfbbab1bcfc62c02321461f6d770d4c0bac
tree15702ab05302ec1bb6f64959c3402b978aedc793
parentd288471d39871d9119b9082484f572d0d9cdc3e7
ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down

custom_method effectively allows arbitrary access to system memory, making
it possible for an attacker to circumvent restrictions on module loading.
Disable it if the kernel is locked down.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@suse.com>
cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org

Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0015-ACPI-Limit-access-to-custom_method-when-the-kernel-i.patch
drivers/acpi/custom_method.c