acpi: Limit access to custom_method if securelevel is set
authorMatthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Fri, 9 Mar 2012 13:39:37 +0000 (08:39 -0500)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 01:16:33 +0000 (01:16 +0000)
commit9c6fc13420c6afa48312a1270c93297723f5cd41
treebe067eab2bea82dddf4cbce5d3000737c18e66f7
parentf3362b489e46fefe5e323f876e875eef77b5335f
acpi: Limit access to custom_method if securelevel is set

custom_method effectively allows arbitrary access to system memory, making
it possible for an attacker to modify the kernel at runtime. Prevent this
if securelevel has been set.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/securelevel
Gbp-Pq: Name acpi-limit-access-to-custom_method-if-securelevel-is.patch
drivers/acpi/custom_method.c