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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:23:15 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
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    Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, 
    Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>, 
    Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>, 
    Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>, 
    Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, 
    Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 
    "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, 
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    Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>, Julien Tinnes <jln@...gle.com>, 
    Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> On 04/08/2013 03:43 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > This makes the IDT unconditionally read-only. This primarily removes
> > the IDT from being a target for arbitrary memory write attacks. It has
> > an added benefit of also not leaking (via the "sidt" instruction) the
> > kernel base offset, if it has been relocated.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> > Cc: Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>
> 
> Also, tglx: does this interfere with your per-cpu IDT efforts?

I don't think so. And it's on the backburner at the moment.

Thanks,

	tglx

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