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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Lock down MSR writing in secure boot
On 02/08/2013 11:18 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> No. CAP_RAWIO is for reading. Writing needs a much stronger check.
>
> -Kees

If so, I suspect we need to do this for *all* raw I/O... but I keep
wondering how much more sensitive writing really is than reading.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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