netdev - Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v4 next 0/3] modules: automatic module loading restrictions

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Message-ID: <20170522120848.GA3003@openwall.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 14:08:48 +0200
From:   Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To:     Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v4 next 0/3] modules: automatic module loading restrictions

Hi Djalal,

Thank you for your work on this!

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 01:57:03PM +0200, Djalal Harouni wrote:
> *) When modules_autoload_mode is set to (2), automatic module loading is
> disabled for all. Once set, this value can not be changed.

What purpose does this securelevel-like property ("Once set, this value
can not be changed.") serve here?  I think this mode 2 is needed, but
without this extra property, which is bypassable by e.g. explicitly
loaded kernel modules anyway (and that's OK).

I'm sorry if this has been discussed before.

Alexander