[PATCH] powerpc/powernv: Make opal log only readable by root

Stewart Smith stewart at linux.ibm.com
Wed Feb 27 14:59:32 AEDT 2019


Jordan Niethe <jniethe5 at gmail.com> writes:
> Currently the opal log is globally readable. It is kernel policy to limit
> the visibility of physical addresses / kernel pointers to root.
> Given this and the fact the opal log may contain this information it would
> be better to limit the readability to root.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5 at gmail.com>

Yeah, this is a really good idea.

Reviewed-by: Stewart Smith <stewart at linux.ibm.com>

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Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.



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