linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] X.509: Partially revert patch to add validation against IMA MOK keyring

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Message-ID: <28539.1452709150@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:19:10 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Petko Manolov <petkan@...-labs.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mdb@...iper.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] X.509: Partially revert patch to add validation against IMA MOK keyring

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

> I beg to differ.  The IMA model is not broken with the current patches
> being upstreamed.  The basic concepts developed will continue to be
> used, perhaps not directly by IMA.

I still object to the change to x509_key_preparse() and still want it
reverting or removing.  It affects module signing too.

David