Re: [coreboot] Flash ROM locking on S3 resume

[David Hendricks]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Trammell Hudson  wrote:
> I'm curious why this is an option, especially since it seems almost tailor
> made to re-create the Snorlax or Prince Harming vulnerabilities
> (VU#577140):
>
> Flash ROM locking on S3 resume
> > Don't lock ROM sections on S3 resume (LOCK_SPI_ON_RESUME_NONE) (NEW)
> Lock all flash ROM sections on S3 resume (LOCK_SPI_ON_RESUME_RO) (NEW)
> Lock and disable reads all flash ROM sections on S3 resume
>
> (LOCK_SPI_ON_RESUME_NO_ACCESS) (NEW)

Maybe the default just needs to be changed to LOCK_SPI_ON_RESUME_RO?

LOCK_SPI_ON_RESUME_NONE is probably intended for developers who need to
re-flash their systems a lot and might not want to rely on external
programmers (especially for laptop development).