linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/11] kexec: Disable in a secure boot environment

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Date:	Wed, 5 Sep 2012 08:03:22 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] kexec: Disable in a secure boot environment

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 12:00:31AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> writes:
> > Fine. We'll just carry this one out of tree for now.
> 
> It is your tree.
> 
> I am disappointed to learn that you aren't enthusiastic about
> implementing verification of signatures for all code that goes into
> ring 0.

I am enthusiastic, but October 26th is a date outside my control and 
kexec isn't at the top of the priority list. We ship with the code we 
have, not the code we want.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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