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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst index 32070762d24c..dd3ca68b5df1 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/LoadPin.rst @@ -11,11 +11,21 @@ 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.enabled``". By default, it is enabled, but can be disabled at -boot ("``loadpin.enabled=0``"). +"``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``. |