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)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:23:17 +0000 (23:23 +0100)
commit85b0bff28b2860b41176054d2aa764389eeeb4ee
tree982a0019dcabd39498870f1d90d15c435d8fcbaf
parent524f0d51850d21d983b62894064a79ed1f5f1bd5
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