Re: [PATCH V3 08/11] kexec: Disable at runtime if the kernel enforcesmodule loading restrictions

From: James Morris
Date: Tue Sep 03 2013 - 20:46:48 EST


On Tue, 3 Sep 2013, 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@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>


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