Re: [PATCH 0/2] efivars: reading variables can generate SMIs

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Feb 16 2018 - 06:08:35 EST


On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:58:47AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> By your own reasoning above, that's a no-no as well.

I'm sure we can come up with some emulation - the same way we did the
BIOS emulation.

> But thanks for your input. Anyone else got something constructive to contribute?

The not-breaking userspace is constructive contribution. The last
paragraph is my usual rant.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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