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)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:13:03 +0000 (11:13 +0100)
commitec31b436cd7948eedef59b03b35c3f382479cf04
tree0a77a568895a90271345726d88e4d63aff257436
parent695535782dd2d92606eb0592afdbddf14e99fb78
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