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| author |   Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> | 2019-08-19 17:17:49 -0700 |
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| committer |   James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2019-08-19 21:54:16 -0700 |
| commit | 95f5e95f41dff31b2a4566c5a8975c08a49ae4e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 1d11399a1d98cf0cf2b338f45567781559034e12 /COPYING | |
| parent | x86: Lock down IO port access when the kernel is locked down (diff) | |
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x86/msr: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down
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 <mjg59@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
cc: x86@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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