linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key if it's not an RSA key

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Message-ID: <a5f7f2b44e7d4de94b761324139024a31a1cf209.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:15:15 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, jarkko@...nel.org
Cc:     nayna@...ux.ibm.com, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing
 key if it's not an RSA key

On Thu, 2021-04-08 at 11:24 -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Address a kbuild issue where a developer created an ECDSA key for signing
> kernel modules and then builds an older version of the kernel, when bi-
> secting the kernel for example, that does not support ECDSA keys.
> 
> Trigger the creation of an RSA module signing key if it is not an RSA key.
> 
> Fixes: cfc411e7fff3 ("Move certificate handling to its own directory")
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks, Stefan.

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>