From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 19:50:01 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7: Remove Secure Boot untruth
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man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7: Remove Secure Boot untruth

This is true for Fedora, where this page was sourced from, but I don't
believe it has ever been true for the mainline kernel, because Linus
rejected it.

Link: <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2088704#p2088704>
Link: <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFzYbpRAdma0PvqE+9ygySuKzNKByqOzzMufBoovXVnfPw@mail.gmail.com/>
Fixes: bb509e6fcbae (2020-10-16; "kernel_lockdown.7: New page documenting the Kernel Lockdown feature")
Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
Message-ID: <20260203195001.20131-1-hi@alyssa.is>
Acked-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>
Message-ID: <aa62e24c-537e-4141-9507-37cd0af19dfc@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>
Message-ID: <aYYP23WUyydsMGyx@archlinux>
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 b/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
index 45ee51b5d..147c561bf 100644
--- a/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
+++ b/man/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ Lockdown: X: Y is restricted, see man kernel_lockdown.7
 .in
 .P
 where X indicates the process name and Y indicates what is restricted.
-.P
-On an EFI-enabled x86 or arm64 machine, lockdown will be automatically enabled
-if the system boots in EFI Secure Boot mode.
 .\"
 .SS Coverage
 When lockdown is in effect, a number of features are disabled or have their