doc: self-protection: provide initial details
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tue, 17 May 2016 02:27:28 +0000 (19:27 -0700)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Tue, 17 May 2016 22:24:52 +0000 (16:24 -0600)
commit9f8036643dd9609b329aa1b89c9a95981e9ba62f
tree17d349aa66818ed43f797d56584d8dd7120fb192
parent022eedeebfdd54c67c7c3b8ef4f5ff42b4ba0cc5
doc: self-protection: provide initial details

This document attempts to codify the intent around kernel self-protection
along with discussion of both existing and desired technologies, with
attention given to the rationale behind them, and the expectations of
their usage.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
[jc: applied fixes suggested by Randy]
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/security/self-protection.txt [new file with mode: 0644]