[PATCH] powerpc/powernv: Make opal log only readable by root
Andrew Donnellan
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com
Wed Feb 27 15:17:42 AEDT 2019
On 27/2/19 2:02 pm, Jordan Niethe wrote:
> 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>
Guess I'll have to get used to typing sudo more often. :(
Makes sense also given that we do the same thing for exports afaict.
Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com>
--
Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
More information about the Linuxppc-dev
mailing list