Re: [PATCH 01/24] Add the ability to lock down access to the running kernel image

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed Apr 11 2018 - 22:57:37 EST


On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:24 AM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> (*) CONFIG_LOCK_DOWN_KERNEL
>
> This makes lockdown available and applies it to all the points that
> need to be locked down if the mode is set. Lockdown mode can be
> enabled by providing:
>
> lockdown=1

By doing this, you are basically committing to making the
protect-kernel-integrity vs protect-kernel-secrecy split be a
second-class citizen if it gets added.

How about lockdown=integrity_and_secrecy or lockdown=2 if you feel
like using numbers?