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SubjectRe: [PATCH 08/10] kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforces module loading restrictions
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Matthew Garrett
<matthew.garrett@nebula.com> wrote:
> kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which
> is something that module signing enforcement is meant to prevent. It makes
> sense to disable kexec in this situation.

Any plans for signed kexec code?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds


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