linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/20] MODSIGN: Use PKCS#7 for module signatures [ver #5]

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Message-ID: <1432828355.3499.41.camel@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 28 May 2015 16:52:35 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	mcgrof@...il.com, mjg59@...f.ucam.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, kyle@...nel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	seth.forshee@...onical.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/20] MODSIGN: Use PKCS#7 for module signatures [ver #5]

On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 16:46 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> 
> Additionally, the last four patches are provisionally added to support firmware
> signing, but will need further modification (ie. registration of OIDs) before
> they can be committed, but are included for comment:

I'd quite like to see a way for a given driver to specify the key with
which its firmware needs to be signed. Perhaps an extra argument to the
request_firmware() call giving the X509v3 Subject Key Identifier of the
cert to be trusted?

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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