On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 05:32:37PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:41:02AM -0400, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This forcibly drops CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL from both cap_permitted and cap_bset
> > in the init_cred struct, which everything else inherits from. This works on
> > any machine and can be used to develop even if the box doesn't have UEFI.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/cred.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
> > index de728ac..7e6e83f 100644
> > --- a/kernel/cred.c
> > +++ b/kernel/cred.c
> > @@ -623,6 +623,23 @@ void __init cred_init(void)
> > 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
> > }
> >
> > +void __init secureboot_enable()
> > +{
> > + pr_info("Secure boot enabled\n");
> > + cap_lower((&init_cred)->cap_bset, CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL);
> > + cap_lower((&init_cred)->cap_permitted, CAP_COMPROMISE_KERNEL);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* Dummy Secure Boot enable option to fake out UEFI SB=1 */
> > +static int __init secureboot_enable_opt(char *str)
> > +{
> > + int sb_enable = !!simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
> > + if (sb_enable)
> > + secureboot_enable();
> > + return 1;
> > +}
> > +__setup("secureboot_enable=", secureboot_enable_opt);
>
> Document this please in the bootparams file.
Oops, yes. Will do. Thanks for pointing it out.
josh
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