linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/14] KEYS: Add support for PGP keys and signatures

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgnG+C3fVB+dwZYi_ZEErnd_jFbrkN+xc__om3d=7optQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:40:15 +0200
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com>, dhowells@...hat.com, dwmw2@...radead.org, 
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ux.ibm.com, 
	linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, roberto.sassu@...wei.com, 
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/14] KEYS: Add support for PGP keys and signatures

On Sun, 15 Sept 2024 at 10:08, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
> If the aformentioned EFI use-case is bogus, then distro package
> verification is going to be the only application for PGP keys in
> the kernel.

So I haven't actually seen _that_ series, but as mentioned it does
smell pretty conceptually broken to me.

But hey, code talks, bullshit walks. People can most certainly try to
convince me.

                   Linus