linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] module: Disable MODULE_FORCE_LOAD when MODULE_SIG

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Date:	Sat, 23 Apr 2016 19:45:15 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] module: Disable MODULE_FORCE_LOAD when MODULE_SIG_FORCE
 is enabled

Force-loading now fails if signature enforcement is enabled, so if
signature enforcement is statically enabled then we may as well
disable it completely.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 init/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index e0d26162432e..269533088a1b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1853,6 +1853,7 @@ if MODULES
 config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD
 	bool "Forced module loading"
 	default n
+	depends on !MODULE_SIG_FORCE
 	help
 	  Allow loading of modules without version information (ie. modprobe
 	  --force).  Forced module loading sets the 'F' (forced) taint flag and

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