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    Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of... · aefcf2f4
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
    
    Pull kernel lockdown mode from James Morris:
     "This is the latest iteration of the kernel lockdown patchset, from
      Matthew Garrett, David Howells and others.
    
      From the original description:
    
        This patchset introduces an optional kernel lockdown feature,
        intended to strengthen the boundary between UID 0 and the kernel.
        When enabled, various pieces of kernel functionality are restricted.
        Applications that rely on low-level access to either hardware or the
        kernel may cease working as a result - therefore this should not be
        enabled without appropriate evaluation beforehand.
    
        The majority of mainstream distributions have been carrying variants
        of this patchset for many years now, so there's value in providing a
        doesn't meet every distribution requirement, but gets us much closer
        to not requiring external patches.
    
      There are two major changes since this was last propos...
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