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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Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:19:43 -0400
From:   Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...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 4/8/21 1:15 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> 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>
>

Via which tree will this go upstream? keyrings?


    Stefan