Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | [PATCH 10/15] acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel parameter in a secure boot environment | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:42:34 -0500 |
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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_COMPROMISE_KERNEL capability.
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> --- drivers/acpi/osl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c index bd22f86..88251d2 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ early_param("acpi_rsdp", setup_acpi_rsdp); acpi_physical_address __init acpi_os_get_root_pointer(void) { #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC - if (acpi_rsdp) + if (acpi_rsdp && capable(CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL)) return acpi_rsdp; #endif -- 1.8.0.2
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