x86: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:40:30 +0000 (17:40 +0100)
committerPeter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>
Wed, 7 Feb 2018 23:32:32 +0000 (23:32 +0000)
commit41aeb8fde92dd39105a93e34d6b4d04cde039002
treebfcea4917413ca73479aeeadfda000264cba7249
parent61722909b93ee5334d5efab7f5a4f771a820fa59
x86: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down

Writing to MSRs should not be allowed if the kernel is locked down, since
it could lead to execution of arbitrary code in kernel mode.  Based on a
patch by Kees Cook.

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0051-x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-the-kernel-is-locked-do.patch
arch/x86/kernel/msr.c