Kees Cook writes:
> This changes the init_module syscall so that when the first argument
> (blob address) is NULL, the second argument is used as a file descriptor
> to the module (instead of length). The third argument (module arguments)
> remains unchanged.
Do you know why Linus hates ioctls?
Quoting Kees Cook (keesc...@chromium.org):
> Instead of (or in addition to) kernel module signing, being able to reason
> about the origin of a kernel module would be valuable in situations
> where an OS already trusts a specific file system, file, etc, due to
> things like security labels or an ex
Instead of (or in addition to) kernel module signing, being able to reason
about the origin of a kernel module would be valuable in situations
where an OS already trusts a specific file system, file, etc, due to
things like security labels or an existing root of trust to a partition
through things
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