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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/11] acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel parameter in a secure boot environment
On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 10:30:46AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> wrote:
> > From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
> >
> > This option allows userspace to pass the RSDP address to the kernel. This
> > could potentially be used to circumvent the secure boot trust model.
> > We ignore the setting if we don't have the CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE capability.
>
> Does this mean, acpi_rsdp is disabled on all current platforms that
> don't support CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE?

No, if you're not using secure boot then you'll have
CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org


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