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Linux's Lockdown LSM Back To Being Maintained For Restricted Computing


Upstreamed to the Linux kernel back in 2019 was the Lockdown security module for opt-in hardware/kernel security restrictions

Lockdown also blocks various kernel module parameters that affect hardware behavior, prohibits direct PCI BAR access, modifying of x86 MSR registers, and more. Xiu Jianfeng of Huawei and Nicolas Bouchinet of the government of France have stepped up to maintain Lockdown in the upstream kernel. Here's to the continued success of Lockdown moving forward.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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