linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] MSR: MSR: MSR Whitelist and Batch Introduction

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Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 19:38:39 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	"Rountree, Barry L." <rountree4@...l.gov>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] MSR: MSR: MSR Whitelist and Batch Introduction

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 06:29:59PM +0000, Rountree, Barry L. wrote:

> ... And we can provide this access on production machines without
> risking inadvertent or malicious scribbling on non-benign MSRs. And we
> can do this with one simple, straightforward kernel module.

So you can simply keep that module in your repo and apply it each time
before doing a security review. It is not meant for upstream use anyway.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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