acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set
authorLinn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Fri, 4 Mar 2016 23:08:24 +0000 (16:08 -0700)
committerYves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:12:40 +0000 (11:12 +0000)
commitce50c1465d76836aaa66acebea3482f543fa0a99
tree02f2f3bc19832ce0e15bf1a50c4434549d8a3336
parent3ddb1770df87d8498d0cfd6f6484ff929cfb71a9
acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set

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 securelevel is set.

Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
[bwh: Forward-ported to 4.7: ACPI override code moved to drivers/acpi/tables.c]
[bwh: Forward-ported to 4.9: adjust context]

Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/securelevel
Gbp-Pq: Name acpi-disable-acpi-table-override-if-securelevel-is-s.patch
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
drivers/acpi/tables.c