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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-15 12:19:20 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-15 12:19:20 -0400
commit1aaf2e59135fd67321f47c11c64a54aac27014e9 (patch)
tree633ffa4db3ac6e8d566cba549510561ffd61d8f4 /security
parent66a4fe0cb80a9fde8cb173289afb863fd279466a (diff)
parent936e894a976dd3b0f07f1f6f43c17b77b7e6146d (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-txt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-txt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, intel_txt: clean up the impact on generic code, unbreak non-x86 x86, intel_txt: Handle ACPI_SLEEP without X86_TRAMPOLINE x86, intel_txt: Fix typos in Kconfig help x86, intel_txt: Factor out the code for S3 setup x86, intel_txt: tboot.c needs <asm/fixmap.h> intel_txt: Force IOMMU on for Intel TXT launch x86, intel_txt: Intel TXT Sx shutdown support x86, intel_txt: Intel TXT reboot/halt shutdown support x86, intel_txt: Intel TXT boot support
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diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 4c865345caa0..fb363cd81cf6 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,36 @@ config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG
113 113
114 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. 114 If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
115 115
116config INTEL_TXT
117 bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)"
118 depends on HAVE_INTEL_TXT
119 help
120 This option enables support for booting the kernel with the
121 Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize
122 Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology to perform a measured launch
123 of the kernel. If the system does not support Intel(R) TXT, this
124 will have no effect.
125
126 Intel TXT will provide higher assurance of system configuration and
127 initial state as well as data reset protection. This is used to
128 create a robust initial kernel measurement and verification, which
129 helps to ensure that kernel security mechanisms are functioning
130 correctly. This level of protection requires a root of trust outside
131 of the kernel itself.
132
133 Intel TXT also helps solve real end user concerns about having
134 confidence that their hardware is running the VMM or kernel that
135 it was configured with, especially since they may be responsible for
136 providing such assurances to VMs and services running on it.
137
138 See <http://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more information
139 about Intel(R) TXT.
140 See <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information about tboot.
141 See Documentation/intel_txt.txt for a description of how to enable
142 Intel TXT support in a kernel boot.
143
144 If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
145
116config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR 146config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
117 int "Low address space for LSM to protect from user allocation" 147 int "Low address space for LSM to protect from user allocation"
118 depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX 148 depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_SELINUX