From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
This option allows userspace to pass the RSDP address to the kernel. This
could potentially be used to circumvent the secure boot trust model.
We ignore the setting if we don't have the CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL capability.
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
---
drivers/acpi/osl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 586e7e9..0ef63f1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ early_param("acpi_rsdp", setup_acpi_rsdp);
acpi_physical_address __init acpi_os_get_root_pointer(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
- if (acpi_rsdp)
+ if (acpi_rsdp && capable(CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL))
return acpi_rsdp;
#endif
--
1.8.1.2
