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, 18 Aug 2018 12:02:58 +0000 (13:02 +0100)
commitea523b97bd066e04a0dada012e8d23e012fb9020
tree70f000a46f5479c8bf8308f3286ea740f5e197e9
parent4dc7d349d71fed5c5b56fd58a8f71df5d22a11df
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