From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:52866 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750888AbcLBFEf (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2016 00:04:35 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: David Howells Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, minyard@acm.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wireless/ References: <148059537897.31612.9461043954611464597.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <148059556349.31612.1087071308520573382.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:04:25 +0200 In-Reply-To: <148059556349.31612.1087071308520573382.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (David Howells's message of "Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:32:43 +0000") Message-ID: <8737i6syzq.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20161202_060507_437406_423DED60) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: David Howells writes: > When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to > prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image. Whilst this > includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent > access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a > device to access or modify the kernel image. > > To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware > configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they > specify. The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can > skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down. > The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the > default values for those parameters is. > > Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some > drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and > some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition > to manually coded parameters. > > This patch annotates drivers in drivers/net/wireless/. > > Suggested-by: One Thousand Gnomes > Signed-off-by: David Howells > cc: Kalle Valo > cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org > --- > > drivers/net/wireless/cisco/airo.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Via which tree are you planning to submit this, should I take it to wireless-drivers or will someone else handle it? I didn't get the cover letter so I have no idea. -- Kalle Valo