summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJosh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>2015-09-09 11:10:06 -0400
committerJosh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>2015-09-09 11:10:17 -0400
commit18c82493e579cff717864e8931960040bd820b33 (patch)
tree42493f93faa2f0b8f8d84ad46ef9a8a86bdd2fb9 /x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch
parent818326ffa2208b592aa1d46ae62d1f562dbb89ea (diff)
downloadkernel-18c82493e579cff717864e8931960040bd820b33.tar.gz
kernel-18c82493e579cff717864e8931960040bd820b33.tar.xz
kernel-18c82493e579cff717864e8931960040bd820b33.zip
Linux v4.2-10637-ga794b4f32921
- Rework secure boot patchset
Diffstat (limited to 'x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch')
-rw-r--r--x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch b/x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch
index 9053f2aea..5c91ab143 100644
--- a/x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch
+++ b/x86-Restrict-MSR-access-when-module-loading-is-restr.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+From c076ed5eed97cba612d7efec41359815c5547f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:12:13 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] x86: Restrict MSR access when module loading is restricted
+Subject: [PATCH 09/20] x86: Restrict MSR access when module loading is
+ restricted
Writing to MSRs should not be allowed if module loading is restricted,
since it could lead to execution of arbitrary code in kernel mode. Based
@@ -37,3 +39,6 @@ index 113e70784854..26c2f83fc470 100644
if (copy_from_user(&regs, uregs, sizeof regs)) {
err = -EFAULT;
break;
+--
+2.4.3
+