acpi: Disable ACPI table override if the kernel is locked down
authorLinn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:40:31 +0000 (17:40 +0100)
committerPeter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>
Wed, 7 Feb 2018 23:32:32 +0000 (23:32 +0000)
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 the kernel is locked down.

Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <linn@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all/lockdown
Gbp-Pq: Name 0055-acpi-Disable-ACPI-table-override-if-the-kernel-is-lo.patch

drivers/acpi/tables.c

index 80ce2a7d224b63d814420765bef9ff502571ef6d..946b717606cb7b18550ef3c9fc96a6306924466a 100644 (file)
@@ -526,6 +526,11 @@ void __init acpi_table_upgrade(void)
        if (table_nr == 0)
                return;
 
+       if (kernel_is_locked_down()) {
+               pr_notice("kernel is locked down, ignoring table override\n");
+               return;
+       }
+
        acpi_tables_addr =
                memblock_find_in_range(0, ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE_MAX_PHYS,
                                       all_tables_size, PAGE_SIZE);