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Re:Linux Kernel Lockdown and UEFI Secure Boot by mjg59 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @12:43PM (#16766503)
The stuff lockdown impacts is stuff that only root can do right now, so in theory it's only handling channels that are irrelevant to b). Users should already be prevented from triggering arbitrary DMA, for instance.
Re:Linux Kernel Lockdown and UEFI Secure Boot by tjoff on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:33PM (#16769732)
Well, should, again, device drivers are notoriously bad and some protection against that is extremely valuable.