From 89a9684ea158dd7eef1728be9f0aed9a7d41cf19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:23:18 -0800 Subject: LSM: Ignore "security=" when "lsm=" is specified To avoid potential confusion, explicitly ignore "security=" when "lsm=" is used on the command line, and report that it is happening. Suggested-by: Tetsuo Handa Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Casey Schaufler Acked-by: John Johansen Signed-off-by: James Morris --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index e59e1471d4db..91c0251fdb86 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@ lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN [SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This - overrides CONFIG_LSM. + overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter. machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector (machvec) in a generic kernel. @@ -4094,11 +4094,9 @@ Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads. - security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot. - If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first - security module asking for security registration will be - loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated - as if no module has been chosen. + security= [SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to + enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the + "lsm=" parameter. selinux= [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. Format: { "0" | "1" } -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b