acpi: Disable ACPI table override if the kernel is locked down
authorLinn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:34 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:06:45 +0000 (08:06 +0000)
commit39bb2a0ba74f84fd09d1ba62a7d9b3c7c799f1f3
tree3de7753c63e84f06a3d07e4748898fcb8ee4a7af
parent2477db8706a7cdbd0c3e96de6ef7bee1a664d214
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>
Reviewed-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@suse.com>
cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org

Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0017-acpi-Disable-ACPI-table-override-if-the-kernel-is-lo.patch
drivers/acpi/tables.c