linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key if it's not an RSA key

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Message-ID: <20210601175840.nzgkon3ocdifntav@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 1 Jun 2021 20:58:40 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     jeyu@...nel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
        dwmw2@...radead.org, zohar@...ux.ibm.com, nayna@...ux.ibm.com,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key
 if it's not an RSA key

On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 06:52:44AM -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>
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
> Tested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

I've applied these to

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git

Can revert too but do not mind taking care of these patches as they are
not intrusive in any possible way.

/Jarkko