[PATCH 2/2] mtd: phram, slram: Disable when the kernel is locked down

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at google.com
Tue Sep 10 14:27:37 UTC 2019


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:47 AM Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> wrote:
>
> These drivers allow mapping arbitrary memory ranges as MTD devices.
> This should be disabled to preserve the kernel's integrity when it is
> locked down.
>
> * Add the HWPARAM flag to the module parameters
> * When slram is built-in, it uses __setup() to read kernel parameters,
>   so add an explicit check security_locked_down() check
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at google.com>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
> Cc: Joern Engel <joern at lazybastard.org>
> Cc: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org

Reviewed-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at google.com>

James, should I pick patches like this up and send them to you, or
will you queue them directly after they're acked?



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