Re: [PATCH] x86: Lock down MSR writing in secure boot

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On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 13:02 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:

> I don't find it unreasonable to drop all caps and lose access to
> sensitive things. :) That's sort of the point, really. I think a cap
> is the best match. It seems like it should either be a cap or a
> namespace flag, but the latter seems messy.

Yeah, I think it's an expected outcome, but it means that if (say) qemu
drops privileges, qemu can no longer access PCI resources - even on
non-secure boot systems. That breaks existing userspace.
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