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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
	mtk.manpages@gmail.com, mcgrof@kernel.org,
	johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
	keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Draft manpage explaining kernel lockdown
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:12:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171115211246.GF6183@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7969.1507201224@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

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Hi!

> Attached is a draft for a manual page (kernel_lockdown.7) that I intend to
> point at from messages emitted when the kernel prohibits something because the
> kernel is in 'lockdown' mode, typically triggered by EFI secure
> boot.

What about livepatching? It allows kernel modifications.. and it has
some interestlingly insecure /sys controls being merged just now...

								Pavel
								
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-11-15 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-05 11:00 Draft manpage explaining kernel lockdown David Howells
2017-10-05 11:07 ` Johannes Berg
2017-10-05 13:16   ` David Howells
2017-10-05 18:29   ` Randy Dunlap
2017-10-05 12:33 ` Florian Weimer
2017-10-05 13:20   ` David Howells
2017-10-05 13:53 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2017-10-06  7:46 ` joeyli
2017-10-18  8:21 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2017-11-15 21:12 ` Pavel Machek [this message]

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