Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v4 next 0/3] modules: automatic module loading restrictions

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think that having the un-resettable mode is unnecessary.  We should
> have option that disables loading modules entirely and cannot be
> unset.  (That means no explicit loads and not implicit loads.)  Maybe
> we already have this.  Otherwise, tightening caps needed for implicit
> loads should just be a normal yes/no setting IMO.

Yup, /proc/sys/kernel/modules_disabled already does this.

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security