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

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Message-ID: <20130226034526.GC30285@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:45:26 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...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

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 07:40:31PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:

> What "vendor" is there in this case?  You released a signed shim, as did
> the Linux Foundation, and lots of distros are now using it, and there
> are absolutly no "orginization" behind a bunch of them.  Will your
> signed shim be revoked because a random PoC was posted somewhere that
> could be used with any kernel booted using it?

No, because the version I released doesn't allow you to boot stuff 
without there having been explicit end-user authorisation in advance. 
The LF loader is in the same situation. But no user-focused distribution 
is going to do that.

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