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)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:11:16 +0000 (16:11 +0000)
commit368ca04a10e159626008c6709b2ec0fc37cbb8bc
treeb33b5828623ec5beca58d1b30af6e5bc633754ef
parent7ad202bb3fa9cd01ca6f730c8b2d5838c9498464
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