{
  "id": "org.fwupd.hsi.Kernel.Tainted",
  "name": "Kernel Tainted",
  "description": [
    "When calculating the HSI value fwupd has to ask the Linux Kernel for information.",
    "If the kernel has been tainted by overriding a firmware table or by loading a proprietary module then we cannot trust the data it reports."
  ],
  "failure-impact": [
    "Using a tainted kernel means that values obtained from the kernel cannot be trusted."
  ],
  "failure-results": {
    "not-valid": "could not detect kernel taint status",
    "tainted": "the kernel is untrusted, perhaps because a proprietary module was loaded"
  },
  "success-results": {
    "not-tainted": "the kernel is trusted"
  },
  "resolution": "Remove any non-free kernel modules.",
  "fwupd-version": "1.5.0"
}
