kexec: Disable at runtime if securelevel has been set.
authorMatthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 07:33:56 +0000 (03:33 -0400)
committerAurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>
Fri, 2 Mar 2018 07:52:22 +0000 (07:52 +0000)
commitf6d1505f8f1f6437b9285064a9b8423ad23f9375
treecf38eee688a414eb777dc0cdf36cd9f87c54e9f9
parente1d4e673e64afe39bf93b29b8dad9043a6e43b67
kexec: Disable at runtime if securelevel has been set.

kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which
permits the modification of the running kernel. 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 kexec-disable-at-runtime-if-securelevel-has-been-set.patch
kernel/kexec.c