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Re: [GRUB PATCH RFC 12/18] i386/efi: Report UEFI Secure Boot status to t
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Daniel Kiper |
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Re: [GRUB PATCH RFC 12/18] i386/efi: Report UEFI Secure Boot status to the Linux kernel |
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Wed, 6 May 2020 15:33:06 +0200 |
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On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 10:29:05AM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 4:25 PM Daniel Kiper <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Otherwise the kernel does not know its state and cannot enable various
> > security features depending on UEFI Secure Boot.
>
> I think this needs more context. If the kernel is loaded via the EFI
> boot stub, the kernel is aware of the UEFI secure boot state. Why
> duplicate this functionality in order to avoid the EFI stub?
It seems to me that this issue was discussed here [1] and here [2].
So, if you want me to improve the commit message I am OK with that.
Additionally, FYI I am not happy with that patch too. So, if somebody
has better idea how to do that then I am happy to discuss it here.
Daniel
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/25/982
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/26/985
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 13/18] i386/slaunch: Add basic platform support for secure launch, (continued)
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 13/18] i386/slaunch: Add basic platform support for secure launch, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 14/18] i386/txt: Add Intel TXT definitions header file, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 17/18] i386/txt: Add Intel TXT verification routines, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 16/18] i386/txt: Add Intel TXT ACM module support, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 18/18] i386/slaunch: Add secure launch framework and commands, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 02/18] i386/msr: Rename grub_msr_read() and grub_msr_write(), Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 07/18] i386/tpm: Rename tpm module to tpm_verifier, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 08/18] i386/tpm: Add TPM TIS and CRB driver, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
- [GRUB PATCH RFC 12/18] i386/efi: Report UEFI Secure Boot status to the Linux kernel, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
[GRUB PATCH RFC 15/18] i386/txt: Add Intel TXT core implementation, Daniel Kiper, 2020/05/04
Re: [GRUB PATCH RFC 00/18] i386: Intel TXT secure launcher, Lukasz Hawrylko, 2020/05/05