ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down
authorMatthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:34 +0000 (15:11 +0000)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:31:07 +0000 (08:31 +0000)
commit57cc9286dda4374a392899c6209e4ff90b33731c
tree96bb988e91bcadd6223e50b53ca8029a5d3100dd
parentca51c0711a8ceb3ee3b2452e9c09c8a685b8005e
ACPI: Limit access to custom_method when the kernel is locked down

custom_method effectively allows arbitrary access to system memory, making
it possible for an attacker to circumvent restrictions on module loading.
Disable it if the kernel is locked down.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.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 0015-ACPI-Limit-access-to-custom_method-when-the-kernel-i.patch
drivers/acpi/custom_method.c