Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/efivarfs: restrict inode permissions

[Matthew Garrett]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:18 PM Luck, Tony <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Does this rate an exception to the "don't break userspace" for a security
issue?

To be clear, when you say "security" is this in reference to it being a
denial of service, or are you worried about other interactions that may
cause wider security issues?