Re: [PATCH 27/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/scsi/

2017-04-05 Thread David Howells
Finn Thain wrote: > I can see how base addresses and IO ports are relevant, but the irq > parameter changes below don't protect the kernel image AFAICT. What's the > rationale for those changes? I think it should be stated here. Easier grepping for one. But I'm also currently preventing the c

Re: [PATCH 27/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/scsi/

2016-12-01 Thread Finn Thain
On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, David Howells wrote: > When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel > to prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image. Whilst > this includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also > prevent access by means of confi

[PATCH 27/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/scsi/

2016-12-01 Thread David Howells
When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image. Whilst this includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a devi