linux-kernel - Re: RFC: sign the modules at install time

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:21:46 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	pjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: RFC: sign the modules at install time

Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:

> > (Side note: I hope people realize that the random key is generated
> > with a 100-year lifespan. So if you build a kernel today, you do
> > potentially have a "year-2112 problem". I'm not horribly worried, but
> > I *am* a bit worried about 32-bit time_t overflow and I hope 32-bit
> > openssl doesn't do anything odd)
> 
> Yep, David's original patch had that problem; he fixed the kernel's x509
> handling to use struct tm, not time_t, and now it Just Works.

That's assuming that 32-bit *openssl* gets it right when generating the key.
Trying it on my 32-bit laptop, I see:

  154:d=3  hl=2 l=  15 prim: GENERALIZEDTIME   :21120925112014Z

so I guess it does.

David
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