Re: [PATCH 09/12] uswsusp: Disable when trusted_kernel is true

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Mar 31 2014 - 10:49:57 EST


On Wed 2014-02-26 15:11:10, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> uswsusp allows a user process to dump and then restore kernel state, which
> makes it possible to modify the running kernel. Disable this if
> trusted_kernel is true.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>

It can also enter S3 etc...

And dumping the kernel state should not be a problem, right? Only restoring is....

Pavel
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