[PATCH v4 0/3] kexec: Add new parameter to limit the access to kexec

[Ricardo Ribalda]

Add two parameter to specify how many times a kexec kernel can be loaded.

These parameter allow hardening the system.

While we are at it, fix a documentation issue and refactor some code.

To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
To: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Philipp Rudo <prudo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Changes in v4 (Thanks Steven!):
- Uses sysctl instead or module_parameters
- Pass image type instead of boolean to permitted
- Fix typo on flag handling
- Return -EINVAL for values that does not change the current value.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221114-disable-kexec-reset-v3-0-4ef4e929adf6@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v3:
- s/paramter/parameter/ Thanks Ghilherme!
- s/permited/permitted/ Thanks Joel!
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221114-disable-kexec-reset-v2-0-c498313c1bb5@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Instead of kexec_reboot_disabled, add two new counters (Thanks Philipp!)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221114-disable-kexec-reset-v1-0-fb51d20cf871@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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Ricardo Ribalda (3):
      Documentation: sysctl: Correct kexec_load_disabled
      kexec: Factor out kexec_load_permitted
      kexec: Introduce sysctl parameters kexec_load_limit_*

 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 25 +++++++-
 include/linux/kexec.h                       |  3 +-
 kernel/kexec.c                              |  4 +-
 kernel/kexec_core.c                         | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/kexec_file.c                         | 11 ++--
 5 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 479174d402bcf60789106eedc4def3957c060bad
change-id: 20221114-disable-kexec-reset-19b7e117338f

Best regards,
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Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>