linux-kernel - Re: [patch V3 17/20] x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission scope

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1911141939010.29616@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:39:16 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V3 17/20] x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission scope

On Thu, 14 Nov 2019, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 09:42:57PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > +config X86_IOPL_EMULATION
> > +	bool "IOPL Emulation"
> > +	---help---
> > +	  Legacy IOPL support is an overbroad mechanism which allows user
> > +	  space aside of accessing all 65536 I/O ports also to disable
> > +	  interrupts. To gain this access the caller needs CAP_SYS_RAWIO
> > +	  capabilities and permission from eventually active security
> 
> I think you mean here: s/eventually/potentially/ or so. "eventually" is
> one of the false friends. :)

Fixed