linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] Add a sysrq option to exit secure boot mode

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 20:49:03 +1000 (AEST)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:     ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, matthew.garrett@...ula.com,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Add a sysrq option to exit secure boot mode

On Wed, 24 May 2017, David Howells wrote:

> From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>
> 
> Make sysrq+x exit secure boot mode on x86_64, thereby allowing the running
> kernel image to be modified.  This lifts the lockdown.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> cc: x86@...nel.org


Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>


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James Morris
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