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)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 6 Sep 2018 14:32:14 +0000 (15:32 +0100)
commitcc0019755a6dc4577d73f95a438e088a0fd0e3fc
treedb7fae42064ea6c5af4088d530924a14dc8c78aa
parent5e1ac08838a2cba6956e4c284a58d691bfdb55e2
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