On 04/08/2013 03:43 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> This makes the IDT unconditionally read-only. This primarily removes
> the IDT from being a target for arbitrary memory write attacks. It has
> an added benefit of also not leaking (via the "sidt" instruction) the
> kernel base offset, if it has been relocated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> Cc: Eric Northup <[email protected]>
Also, tglx: does this interfere with your per-cpu IDT efforts?
-hpa
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