linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] module: Introduce hash-based integrity checking

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Message-ID: <Z4FyGEXBK4EUi_Oq@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:16:40 -0800
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Arnout Engelen <arnout@...t.net>
Cc: linux@...ssschuh.net, arnd@...db.de, da.gomez@...sung.com,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
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	masahiroy@...nel.org, nathan@...nel.org, nicolas@...sle.eu,
	petr.pavlu@...e.com, samitolvanen@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] module: Introduce hash-based integrity checking

On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 11:52:27AM +0100, Arnout Engelen wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 17:37:52 -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > What distro which is using module signatures would switch
> > to this as an alternative instead?
> 
> In NixOS, we disable MODULE_SIG by default (because we value
> reproducibility over having module signatures). Enabling
> MODULE_HASHES on systems that do not need to load out-of-tree
> modules would be a good step forward.
> 

Mentioning this in the cover letter will also be good. So two
distros seemt to want this.

  Luis