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)
committerBastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:50:22 +0000 (10:50 +0100)
commite55ae47bfce5ffb4cdbb8cf4fd4682b1f32180a3
treedfd997d598b9a2eb2c5d35e1eaac06d04ab9953b
parent6b0b754ea7d752ef21d5878bcb368f019873ea13
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