e1000e: write protect ICHx NVM to prevent malicious write/erase
Set the hardware to ignore all write/erase cycles to the GbE region in the ICHx NVM. This feature can be disabled by the WriteProtectNVM module parameter (enabled by default) only after a hardware reset, but the machine must be power cycled before trying to enable writes. Signed-off-by:Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> CC: arjan@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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- drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h 2 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h
- drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c 3 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
- drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c 58 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
- drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c 7 additions, 3 deletionsdrivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c
- drivers/net/e1000e/param.c 30 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/net/e1000e/param.c
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