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_SECURE_FIRMWARE capability.
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 9eaf708..50c94e4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ 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_SECURE_FIRMWARE))
return acpi_rsdp;
#endif
--
1.7.11.4
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