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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/osl.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c index cc7507091dec..b7c3aeb175dd 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include <linux/list.h> #include <linux/jiffies.h> #include <linux/semaphore.h> +#include <linux/security.h> #include <asm/io.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> @@ -180,8 +181,19 @@ acpi_physical_address __init acpi_os_get_root_pointer(void) acpi_physical_address pa; #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC - if (acpi_rsdp) + /* + * We may have been provided with an RSDP on the command line, + * but if a malicious user has done so they may be pointing us + * at modified ACPI tables that could alter kernel behaviour - + * so, we check the lockdown status before making use of + * it. If we trust it then also stash it in an architecture + * specific location (if appropriate) so it can be carried + * over further kexec()s. + */ + if (acpi_rsdp && !security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_ACPI_TABLES)) { + acpi_arch_set_root_pointer(acpi_rsdp); return acpi_rsdp; + } #endif pa = acpi_arch_get_root_pointer(); if (pa) |