From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>,
Kosuke Tatsukawa <tatsu@ab.jp.nec.com>,
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-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Fix kernel panic when booting with XD disabled in uEFI firmware
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 21:54:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151208205411.GA16417@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19122B57-8052-4A92-801E-03CC84E66F06@zytor.com>
On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 12:39:14PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Actually I think of it much more as a debug option - being able to
> mimic NX-unaware hardware and to track down problems in the field.
Considering it can be dangerous when exposed to the user, should we hide
it behind a "Kernel Hacking" .config option which is default-off?
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-08 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-03 23:58 [PATCH 1/2] x86: Fix kernel panic when booting with XD disabled in uEFI firmware Kosuke Tatsukawa
[not found] ` <17EC94B0A072C34B8DCF0D30AD16044A0288E2D7-9lrffkYxhwTt6d3pZDjeaEtBU8KWyXPq@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-04 16:40 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-04 16:40 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20151204164057.GE2514-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-07 23:10 ` Kosuke Tatsukawa
2015-12-07 23:10 ` Kosuke Tatsukawa
[not found] ` <17EC94B0A072C34B8DCF0D30AD16044A0288EFC7-9lrffkYxhwTt6d3pZDjeaEtBU8KWyXPq@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-08 12:25 ` Matt Fleming
2015-12-08 12:25 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20151208122557.GA2518-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-08 14:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-12-08 14:19 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20151208141946.GD27180-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-08 20:30 ` Kees Cook
2015-12-08 20:30 ` Kees Cook
[not found] ` <CAGXu5jKF3fVc5rsU=+jRcoBGB+ZkeHjF6mmSeJN0SoP-MpFGow-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-08 20:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-12-08 20:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-12-08 20:54 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
[not found] ` <19122B57-8052-4A92-801E-03CC84E66F06-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-15 0:07 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-12-15 0:07 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-12-08 20:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-12-08 20:56 ` Borislav Petkov
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