linux-kernel - Re: What should the default lockdown mode be if the bootloader sentinel triggers sanitization?

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Message-ID: <20170131115701.GN31613@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:57:01 +0000
From:   Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Michael Chang <mchang@...e.com>
Subject: Re: What should the default lockdown mode be if the bootloader
 sentinel triggers sanitization?

On Mon, 30 Jan, at 02:01:32PM, David Howells wrote:
> Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > Matt argues, however, that boot_params->secure_boot should be propagated from
> > > the bootloader and if the bootloader wants to set it, then we should skip the
> > > check in efi_main() and go with the bootloader's opinion.  This is something
> > > we probably want to do with kexec() so that the lockdown state is propagated
> > > there.
> >  
> > Actually what I was arguing for was that if the boot loader wants to
> > set it and bypass the EFI boot stub, e.g. by going via the legacy
> > 64-bit entry point, startup_64, then we should allow that as well as
> > setting the flag in the EFI boot stub.
> 
> That brings up another question:  Should the non-EFI entry points clear the
> secure_boot mode flag and set a default?

There are no non-EFI boot entry points. EFI worked before we added the
EFI boot stub. The boot stub just provides new features (and allows us
to bundle firmware/boot fixes workarounds with kernel updates).

This is exactly why we should allow, or at least not actively
prohibit, the boot loader to set ->secure_boot and jump to the old
entry point if it wants to do that.