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authorMatthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>2019-08-19 17:17:49 -0700
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2019-08-19 21:54:16 -0700
commit95f5e95f41dff31b2a4566c5a8975c08a49ae4e3 (patch)
tree1d11399a1d98cf0cf2b338f45567781559034e12 /drivers
parent96c4f67293e4cd8b3394adce5a8041a2784e68a3 (diff)
x86/msr: Restrict MSR access when the kernel is locked down
Writing to MSRs should not be allowed if the kernel is locked down, since it could lead to execution of arbitrary code in kernel mode. Based on a patch by Kees Cook. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> cc: x86@kernel.org Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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