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Message-ID: <20140723195206.48af0851@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:52:06 +0100
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-firmware@...nel.org,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] security: introduce kernel_fw_from_file hook

> Yeah, there does seem to be a repeated "get a thing from userspace"
> method here, but the interfaces have been rather scattered so far. I
> haven't seen an obvious way to consolidate them yet.

Sign them all with the kernel key just as we do now with modules.

Alan

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