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From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Lock down MSR writing in secure boot
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:46:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1360810018.18083.47.camel@x230.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <511C3927.90603@zytor.com>

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On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 17:08 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Well, for at least things with device nodes (/dev/mem, /dev/msr and so
> on) it should be possible, no?  ioperm() and iopl() are another matter.

Sure, if we can guarantee that a signed userspace loads a signed SELinux
policy before any unsigned code runs. But, realistically, that's not
going to be possible.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-14  2:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-08 19:12 [PATCH] x86: Lock down MSR writing in secure boot Kees Cook
2013-02-08 19:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-08 19:18   ` Kees Cook
2013-02-08 19:42     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-08 20:14       ` Kees Cook
2013-02-08 20:18         ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-08 20:28           ` Kees Cook
2013-02-08 20:34             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-08 21:02               ` Kees Cook
2013-02-08 21:07                 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-08 21:14                   ` Josh Boyer
2013-02-08 23:09                     ` Andy Lutomirski
2013-02-08 22:30                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-08 23:06                   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-08 23:26                     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-09  1:22                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-09  1:29                         ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-09  6:45                           ` Kees Cook
2013-02-09  9:29                             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-02-09 15:10                               ` Kees Cook
2013-02-09 15:11                               ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13  0:48                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13  5:39                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13  6:12                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13  6:27                                       ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13  6:33                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13  6:41                                           ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13 17:20                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13 17:26                                               ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13 17:51                                                 ` Casey Schaufler
2013-02-13 17:56                                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13 18:44                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13 18:51                                                       ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-13 22:26                                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13 22:58                                                     ` Casey Schaufler
2013-02-14  0:25                                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-14  0:44                                                         ` Casey Schaufler
2013-02-14  1:04                                                           ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-14  1:08                                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-14  2:46                                                               ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2013-02-14  1:34                                                             ` Casey Schaufler
2013-02-13  8:27                                           ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-13 17:21                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13 17:22                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13 19:55                                               ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-13 22:24                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-08 19:17 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-02-08 19:21   ` Kees Cook
2013-02-08 19:27     ` Matthew Garrett

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