Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] Restrict xmon when kernel is locked down

2019-09-17 Thread Daniel Axtens
Hi, So Matthew Garrett and I talked about this at Linux Plumbers. Matthew, if I understood correctly, your concern was that this doesn't sit well with the existing threat model for lockdown. As I understand it, the idea is that if you're able to get access to the physical console, you're already a

[PATCH v7 0/2] Restrict xmon when kernel is locked down

2019-09-06 Thread Christopher M. Riedl
Xmon should be either fully or partially disabled depending on the kernel lockdown state. Put xmon into read-only mode for lockdown=integrity and completely disable xmon when lockdown=confidentiality. Since this can occur dynamically, there may be pre-existing, active breakpoints in xmon when tran