linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1] fw_lockdown: new micro LSM module to prevent loading unsigned firmware

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Message-ID: <CAB=NE6UZbBWn1WCfM5in1w32ZXNaV25_uz+=TVyu4Y-35Rv72A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Apr 2018 10:06:10 -0700
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "AKASHI, Takahiro" <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        Gary Lin <GLin@...e.com>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1] fw_lockdown: new micro LSM module to prevent
 loading unsigned firmware

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
> The biggest thing which has changed since then is that we decided to *not*
> support or streamline generic firmware signing (non-IMA) for now for a few
> reasons [0] [1] which are important to re-iterate as these are easy to forget,
> and AFAICT not documented anywhere.

And the URLs...

[0] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171204195155.GU729@wotan.suse.de
[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171207153209.5da771a9@alans-desktop

  Luis