| Date | Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:30:33 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 14/24] x86: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down |
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On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, David Howells wrote:
Can you please change the subsys in $subject to 'x86/msr:' ?
> From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com> > > Writing to MSRs should not be allowed if the kernel is locked down, since > it could lead to execution of arbitrary code in kernel mode. Based on a > patch by Kees Cook. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> > Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > cc: x86@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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