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## Copyright (C) 2019 - 2023 ENCRYPTED SUPPORT LP <adrelanos@whonix.org>
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## See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
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## Quote https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.html
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## kexec_load_disabled:
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## A toggle indicating if the kexec_load syscall has been disabled. This value defaults to 0 (false: kexec_load enabled), but can be set to 1 (true: kexec_load disabled). Once true, kexec can no longer be used, and the toggle cannot be set back to false. This allows a kexec image to be loaded before disabling the syscall, allowing a system to set up (and later use) an image without it being altered. Generally used together with the "modules_disabled" sysctl.
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## Disables kexec which can be used to replace the running kernel.
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kernel.kexec_load_disabled=1
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## Why is this in a dedicated config file?
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## Package ram-wipe requires kexec. However, ram-wipe could not ship a config
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## file /etc/sysctl.d/40_ram-wipe.conf which sets 'kernel.kexec_load_disabled=0'.
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## This is because once systemd-sysctl.service has set 'kernel.kexec_load_disabled=1'
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## it cannot be undone without reboot. This is a upstream Linux security feature.
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