Merge tag 'loadpin-v5.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux

Pull security/loadpin updates from Kees Cook:

 - Allow exclusion of specific file types (Ke Wu)

* tag 'loadpin-v5.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  security/loadpin: Allow to exclude specific file types

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst
index 32070762d24c..716ad9b23c9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst
@@ -19,3 +19,13 @@ block device backing the filesystem is not read-only, a sysctl is
 created to toggle pinning: ``/proc/sys/kernel/loadpin/enabled``. (Having
 a mutable filesystem means pinning is mutable too, but having the
 sysctl allows for easy testing on systems with a mutable filesystem.)
+
+It's also possible to exclude specific file types from LoadPin using kernel
+command line option "``loadpin.exclude``". By default, all files are
+included, but they can be excluded using kernel command line option such
+as "``loadpin.exclude=kernel-module,kexec-image``". This allows to use
+different mechanisms such as ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG`` and
+``CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG`` to verify kernel module and kernel image while
+still use LoadPin to protect the integrity of other files kernel loads. The
+full list of valid file types can be found in ``kernel_read_file_str``
+defined in ``include/linux/fs.h``.