From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kernel_lockdown.7: describe LSM activation
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:25:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e10078ef-c485-a82a-5bb4-9efac98daea2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201016190337.5126-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
On 10/16/20 9:03 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> Describe the activation of the Kernel Lockdown feature via Kconfig and the
> command line.
>
> Cf. Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Thanks, Heinrich. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> ---
> man7/kernel_lockdown.7 | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> index 04de4d1fe..5aedd96e9 100644
> --- a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> +++ b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> @@ -104,4 +104,17 @@ whether or not they are specified on the command line,
> for both the built-in and custom policies in secure boot lockdown mode.
> .SH VERSIONS
> The Kernel Lockdown feature was added in Linux 5.4.
> +.SH NOTES
> +The Kernel Lockdown feature is enabled by CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM.
> +The
> +.I lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
> +command line parameter controls the sequence of the initialization of
> +Linux Security Modules.
> +It must contain the string
> +.I lockdown
> +to enable the Kernel Lockdown feature.
> +If the command line parameter is not specified,
> +the initialization falls back to the value of the deprecated
> +.I security=
> +command line parameter and further to the value of CONFIG_LSM.
> .\" commit 000d388ed3bbed745f366ce71b2bb7c2ee70f449
> --
> 2.28.0
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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2020-10-16 19:03 [PATCH 1/1] kernel_lockdown.7: describe LSM activation Heinrich Schuchardt
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