Bug 12372

Summary: CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD is enabled as a module on i586 and x86_64
Product: IPFire Reporter: Peter Müller <peter.mueller>
Component: ---Assignee: Peter Müller <peter.mueller>
Status: CLOSED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: Security    
Priority: Will affect most users Flags: peter.mueller: needinfo+
Version: 2   
Hardware: unspecified   
OS: All   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 12361    

Description Peter Müller 2020-04-14 15:35:38 UTC 
Quote from https://capsule8.com/blog/kernel-configuration-glossary/:

> Significance: High
> 
> This debug facility allows ACPI AML methods to be inserted and/or replaced
> without rebooting the system. For details refer to:
> Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt.

In my point of view, we do not need this and it can be potentially dangerous as it allows kernel replacements without rebooting.
Comment 1 Peter Müller 2020-06-07 16:41:16 UTC 
https://patchwork.ipfire.org/patch/3161/