From: Andi Kleen <ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Peter Jones <pjones-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] efivars: reading variables can generate SMIs
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 08:17:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180217161746.GC3231@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKv+Gu982mt==TaBRpwLLOLrX03zVJ+RznqCgDrxGNctJUVQVA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
> Would rate limiting (but not only for non-root) help mitigate Spectre
> v1 issues in UEFI runtime services code as well? I have been looking
> into unmapping the entire kernel while such calls are in progress,
> because firmware is likely to remain vulnerable long after the OSes
> have been fixed, and we may be able to kill two birds with one stone
> here (and not break userland in the process)
Yes a global rate limit would seem like a good compromise.
-Andi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-17 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-15 18:22 [PATCH 0/2] efivars: reading variables can generate SMIs Joe Konno
2018-02-15 18:22 ` [PATCH 1/2] fs/efivarfs: restrict inode permissions Joe Konno
[not found] ` <20180215182208.35003-1-joe.konno-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-15 18:22 ` [PATCH 2/2] efi: restrict top-level attribute permissions Joe Konno
2018-02-16 10:41 ` [PATCH 0/2] efivars: reading variables can generate SMIs Ard Biesheuvel
2018-02-16 10:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-02-16 10:58 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-02-16 11:08 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20180216110821.GB29042-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 11:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu_SD6yWJMGbTwGUWXtrgZKPkpANNaGe1PUruTG9j0yhcg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 18:48 ` Joe Konno
2018-02-16 18:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-02-16 19:22 ` Peter Jones
2018-02-16 19:31 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu9=wny1J+-tZCdoGYUSZjfWgbiB9b_MdgpssdcTVXtKkA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 19:51 ` Matthew Garrett
2018-02-16 19:32 ` Luck, Tony
2018-02-16 19:54 ` Peter Jones
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu80pJ5tbGoJqBm8CCKrEZXdkE83c944383KbQ5jREUC0Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 20:51 ` James Bottomley
[not found] ` <1518814319.4419.10.camel-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 21:09 ` Luck, Tony
2018-02-16 21:45 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-02-16 21:58 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <CACdnJutPvMPUTWWjS3oRadQAqn+HpRpY+fhO0pXBj6OsQkAAag-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 22:02 ` Luck, Tony
[not found] ` <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F7B3795A3-8oqHQFITsIHTXloPLtfHfbfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-16 22:03 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <CACdnJuvR4NTdCwp=jT3AoW898EXuq6zakfo5hm6dd9mP-SWoGQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-17 18:12 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-02-16 22:05 ` Peter Jones
[not found] ` <20180216220536.liew4p4kqmaxwmfh-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-17 9:36 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu982mt==TaBRpwLLOLrX03zVJ+RznqCgDrxGNctJUVQVA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2018-02-17 16:17 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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