linux-kernel - Re: /dev/mem and secure boot

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Date:   Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:38:24 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Thomas <trenn@...e.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: /dev/mem and secure boot

Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:

> I wrongly assumed it had been merged upstream meanwhile but I was
> wrong. David, any reason why this didn't happen?

There were last-minute objections.

The patches got redesigned somewhat by Matthew Garrett and are now pending
pulling once again:

	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/alpine.LRH.2.21.1909101402230.20291@namei.org/T/#u

> Out of curiosity, are these patches in RHEL kernels?

Fedora, yes, my patchset; RHEL-7 and RHEL-8, no.

David