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From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
To: jerry.hoemann@hp.com
Cc: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>,
	"Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	kexec <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 08/11] kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforces module loading restrictions
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:14:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+5PVA6HayQJEDFisvXYJKyoKDbJh53fWki=Arbn_9t=NppGrw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130904200959.GE8540@anatevka.fc.hp.com>

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:09 PM,  <jerry.hoemann@hp.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 07:50:15PM -0400, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> kexec permits the loading and execution of arbitrary code in ring 0, which
>> is something that module signing enforcement is meant to prevent. It makes
>> sense to disable kexec in this situation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
>
>
> Matthew,
>
> Disabling kexec will disable kdump, correct?

Yes.

> Are there plans to enable kdump on a system where secure
> boot is enabled?

Vivek Goyal has been working on this.  I've not seen the code yet, but
I believe it should be posted somewhere relatively soon.  We're also
planning on talking about it at the Secure Boot microconference at
Linux Plumbers in two weeks.

josh

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-04 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-03 23:50 Matthew Garrett
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 01/11] Add secure_modules() call Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:45   ` James Morris
2013-09-05  2:14   ` joeyli
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 02/11] PCI: Lock down BAR access when module security is enabled Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:45   ` James Morris
2013-09-04 16:57   ` David Woodhouse
2013-09-04 17:04     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04 18:58       ` David Woodhouse
2013-09-04 19:01         ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04 19:31           ` David Woodhouse
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 03/11] x86: Lock down IO port " Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:45   ` James Morris
2013-09-05  3:52   ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-09-05  3:58     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-05 15:36       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 04/11] ACPI: Limit access to custom_method Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:46   ` James Morris
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 05/11] asus-wmi: Restrict debugfs interface when module loading is restricted Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:46   ` James Morris
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 06/11] Restrict /dev/mem and /dev/kmem " Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:47   ` James Morris
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 07/11] acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel parameter " Matthew Garrett
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 08/11] kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforces module loading restrictions Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:48   ` James Morris
2013-09-04 20:09   ` jerry.hoemann
2013-09-04 20:12     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04 20:14     ` Josh Boyer [this message]
2013-09-08  6:40   ` Greg KH
2013-09-08  6:44     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08  7:24       ` Greg KH
2013-09-08 14:40         ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08 15:51         ` Kees Cook
2013-09-08 16:18           ` Greg KH
2013-09-08 16:24             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08 16:39               ` Greg KH
2013-09-08 16:59                 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08 17:22                   ` Greg KH
2013-09-08 17:25                     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08 17:11           ` James Bottomley
2013-09-08 17:15             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08 17:22               ` James Bottomley
2013-09-08 17:27                 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-08 17:32                   ` James Bottomley
2013-09-08 17:38                     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 09/11] uswsusp: Disable when module loading is restricted Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:48   ` James Morris
2013-09-05  3:20   ` joeyli
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 10/11] x86: Restrict MSR access " Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  0:49   ` James Morris
2013-09-03 23:50 ` [PATCH V3 11/11] Add option to automatically enforce module signatures when in Secure Boot mode Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04  1:42   ` James Morris
2013-09-04  1:42     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-05  3:13   ` joeyli
2013-09-05  8:24   ` joeyli
2013-09-05 10:16   ` Matt Fleming
2013-09-05 12:54     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-09-04 15:53 ` Kees Cook
2013-09-04 16:05   ` Re: Josh Boyer

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