linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Load keys from signed PE binaries

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Message-ID: <877glw78p5.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:46:14 +0100
From:	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>
To:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Load keys from signed PE binaries

* Peter Jones:

> I just want to make sure this doesn't go unresponded to - Red Hat
> will not sign kernel modules built by an outside source. We're simply
> not going to sign these kernel modules. That's one of the big reasons
> we want a setup where they can sign their own modules in the first place.

You could just drop the requirement that ring 0 code must be signed.
I don't think Windows 8 enforces this, but I'm not yet sure if there
is a physical presence check before you can enter a mode in which
Windows loads self-signed kernel modules.
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