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| author | Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com> | 2026-08-24 01:18:14 +0900 |
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| committer | Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr> | 2026-08-23 22:12:11 +0200 |
| commit | 2bd30b8dc75b823dd7bbef9d7bc68e1fd7ecee5c (patch) | |
| tree | dcc4da1d99f17541c5590ac63c77da4bf372a4ab /Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst | |
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coccinelle: alloc_cast: drop removed allocatorsgrafted
- pci_alloc_consistent() and pci_zalloc_consistent() were removed by
commit 7968778914e5
("PCI: Remove the deprecated "pci-dma-compat.h" API")
- kmem_alloc() was removed by commit f078d4ea8276
("xfs: convert kmem_alloc() to kmalloc()")
- kmem_zalloc() was removed by commit 10634530f7ba
("xfs: convert kmem_zalloc() to kzalloc()")
- kmem_zone_alloc() and kmem_zone_zalloc() were removed by commit
bae633a4a283 ("xfs: remove xfs_zone_{alloc,zalloc} helpers")
So drop them from the rules.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dd3ca68b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +======= +LoadPin +======= + +LoadPin is a Linux Security Module that ensures all kernel-loaded files +(modules, firmware, etc) all originate from the same filesystem, with +the expectation that such a filesystem is backed by a read-only device +such as dm-verity or CDROM. This allows systems that have a verified +and/or unchangeable filesystem to enforce module and firmware loading +restrictions without needing to sign the files individually. + +The LSM is selectable at build-time with ``CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN``, and +can be controlled at boot-time with the kernel command line option +"``loadpin.enforce``". By default, it is enabled, but can be disabled at +boot ("``loadpin.enforce=0``"). + +LoadPin starts pinning when it sees the first file loaded. If the +block device backing the filesystem is not read-only, a sysctl is +created to toggle pinning: ``/proc/sys/kernel/loadpin/enabled``. (Having +a mutable filesystem means pinning is mutable too, but having the +sysctl allows for easy testing on systems with a mutable filesystem.) + +It's also possible to exclude specific file types from LoadPin using kernel +command line option "``loadpin.exclude``". By default, all files are +included, but they can be excluded using kernel command line option such +as "``loadpin.exclude=kernel-module,kexec-image``". This allows to use +different mechanisms such as ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG`` and +``CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG`` to verify kernel module and kernel image while +still use LoadPin to protect the integrity of other files kernel loads. The +full list of valid file types can be found in ``kernel_read_file_str`` +defined in ``include/linux/kernel_read_file.h``. |
