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Matthew Garrett 7d31f4602f kexec_load: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down
The kexec_load() syscall permits the loading and execution of arbitrary
code in ring 0, which is something that lock-down is meant to prevent. It
makes sense to disable kexec_load() in this situation.

This does not affect kexec_file_load() syscall which can check for a
signature on the image to be booted.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2019-08-19 21:54:15 -07:00
arch A few more MIPS fixes: 2019-07-06 10:32:12 -07:00
block blk-mq: fix up placement of debugfs directory of queue files 2019-07-06 10:07:38 -06:00
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crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2019-07-05 13:31:19 +09:00
Documentation security: Add a static lockdown policy LSM 2019-08-19 21:54:15 -07:00
drivers lockdown: Restrict /dev/{mem,kmem,port} when the kernel is locked down 2019-08-19 21:54:15 -07:00
fs Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-07-06 09:53:08 -07:00
include kexec_load: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down 2019-08-19 21:54:15 -07:00
init lockdown: Enforce module signatures if the kernel is locked down 2019-08-19 21:54:15 -07:00
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kernel kexec_load: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down 2019-08-19 21:54:15 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2019-07-05 13:31:19 +09:00
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mm Revert "mm: page cache: store only head pages in i_pages" 2019-07-05 19:55:18 -07:00
net Two more quick bugfixes for nfsd, fixing a regression causing mount 2019-07-05 19:00:37 -07:00
samples samples: make pidfd-metadata fail gracefully on older kernels 2019-06-24 15:55:50 +02:00
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sound sound fixes for 5.2 2019-07-05 02:03:50 +09:00
tools KVM: nVMX: Change KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS to signal vmcs12 is copied from eVMCS 2019-07-02 19:02:45 +02:00
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MAINTAINERS A few more MIPS fixes: 2019-07-06 10:32:12 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.2 2019-07-07 15:41:56 -07:00
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.