linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] X.509: Don't check the signature on apparently self-signed keys [ver #2]

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Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:21:27 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	Petko Manolov <petkan@...-labs.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] X.509: Don't check the signature on apparently self-signed keys [ver #2]

Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> The x509_validate_trust() was originally added for IMA to ensure, on a
> secure boot system, a certificate chain of trust rooted in hardware.
> The IMA MOK keyring extends this certificate chain of trust to the
> running system.

The problem is that because 'trusted' is a boolean, a key in the IMA MOK
keyring will permit addition to the system keyring.

David
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