linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] integrity: eliminate unnecessary "Problem loading X.509 certificate" msg

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Message-ID: <gucfr7sxmv4hiowr6dokx7r7nf6wdiqdm577arnwe5yua5z24b@3sljt73mpjke>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:37:29 +0800
From: Coiby Xu <coxu@...hat.com>
To: Maxime Ripard <mripard@...hat.com>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, 
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, 
	linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, itrymybest80@...tonmail.com, 
	Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>, 
	"open list:SECURITY SUBSYSTEM" <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] integrity: eliminate unnecessary "Problem loading
 X.509 certificate" msg

On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 01:40:01PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 06:55:00AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>> On Wed, 2024-03-06 at 11:57 +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> > Hi Dmitry, Eric, James, Mimi, Paul, Serge,
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 08:24:28AM +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
>> > > Currently when the kernel fails to add a cert to the .machine keyring,
>> > > it will throw an error immediately in the function integrity_add_key.
>> > >
>> > > Since the kernel will try adding to the .platform keyring next or throw
>> > > an error (in the caller of integrity_add_key i.e. add_to_machine_keyring),
>> > > so there is no need to throw an error immediately in integrity_add_key.
>> > >
>> > > Reported-by: itrymybest80@...tonmail.com
>> > > Closes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239331
>> > > Fixes: d19967764ba8 ("integrity: Introduce a Linux keyring called machine")
>> > > Reviewed-by: Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>
>> > > Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@...hat.com>
>> >
>> > Any chance this patch can be merged? This is breaking (at least) Fedora
>> > at the moment.
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/29cd507cbec282e13dcf8f38072a100af96b2bb7
>
>Oh, awesome, we missed it.

Oh, I missed the emails about Mimi's PR sent to Linus as well. Btw, I'm
curious to ask why you used the word "breaking" because I thought these KERN_ERR
errors shouldn't cause any real problem.

-- 
Best regards,
Coiby