Add a SysRq option to lift kernel lockdown
authorKyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:31 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Wed, 15 May 2019 22:07:16 +0000 (23:07 +0100)
commitd6cea9f36f1776617141e778ae7e41ed35ddfe47
treed4d475a94f0aa6aaa1528a84057ceb708757c306
parent9cb14cf8d8f8ec814918a6e61cc6db509fa07b96
Add a SysRq option to lift kernel lockdown

Make an option to provide a sysrq key that will lift the kernel lockdown,
thereby allowing the running kernel image to be accessed and modified.

On x86 this is triggered with SysRq+x, but this key may not be available on
all arches, so it is set by setting LOCKDOWN_LIFT_KEY in asm/setup.h.
Since this macro must be defined in an arch to be able to use this facility
for that arch, the Kconfig option is restricted to arches that support it.

Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: x86@kernel.org
[bwh: Forward-ported to 4.15]

Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0002-Add-a-SysRq-option-to-lift-kernel-lockdown.patch
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
drivers/tty/sysrq.c
include/linux/input.h
include/linux/sysrq.h
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
security/Kconfig
security/lock_down.c