linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] Add BSD-style securelevel support

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Date:	Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:30:08 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"keescook@...omium.org" <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jmorris@...ei.org" <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Add BSD-style securelevel support

On Mon, 2013-09-09 at 09:27 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> This will break or have to be redefined once you have signed kexec.

Yeah. I wasn't really sure how to define it based on an implementation
that isn't there yet - saying "kexec_load() of untrusted binaries"
implies that there's some way to do it for trusted binaries.

-- 
Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>