linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Kernel lockdown for secure boot

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Message-ID: <20180405185347.2785eb8a@alans-desktop>
Date:   Thu, 5 Apr 2018 18:53:47 +0100
From:   Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        jforbes@...hat.com, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
        joeyli <jlee@...e.com>,
        linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Kernel lockdown for secure boot

> Furthermore, there is a fundamental deviation from common security
> sense here, where things like command line parameters and other
> lockdown specific tunables are blacklisted rather than whitelisted,

I've been complaining about this from the start but it appears to be a
write only authorship process going on.

Alan