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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-04-06 09:38:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-04-06 09:38:07 -0700 |
| commit | 6f4c98e1c22c28e00b8f050cce895a6b74db15d1 (patch) | |
| tree | b00da8b3367c6f3d0f74f44b8c4092a7b7cbbe18 /Documentation/module-signing.txt | |
| parent | 18a1a7a1d862ae0794a0179473d08a414dd49234 (diff) | |
| parent | 22c9bcad859d5c969289b3b37084a96c621f8f2c (diff) | |
Merge tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux
Pull module updates from Rusty Russell:
"Nothing major: the stricter permissions checking for sysfs broke a
staging driver; fix included. Greg KH said he'd take the patch but
hadn't as the merge window opened, so it's included here to avoid
breaking build"
* tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux:
staging: fix up speakup kobject mode
Use 'E' instead of 'X' for unsigned module taint flag.
VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking for sysfs perms.
kallsyms: fix percpu vars on x86-64 with relocation.
kallsyms: generalize address range checking
module: LLVMLinux: Remove unused function warning from __param_check macro
Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
module: remove MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE
module: allow multiple calls to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() per module
module: use pr_cont
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/module-signing.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/module-signing.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/module-signing.txt b/Documentation/module-signing.txt index 09b583e38907..09c2382ad055 100644 --- a/Documentation/module-signing.txt +++ b/Documentation/module-signing.txt @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ This has a number of options available: If this is off (ie. "permissive"), then modules for which the key is not available and modules that are unsigned are permitted, but the kernel will - be marked as being tainted. + be marked as being tainted, and the concerned modules will be marked as + tainted, shown with the character 'E'. If this is on (ie. "restrictive"), only modules that have a valid signature that can be verified by a public key in the kernel's possession |