Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/sign-file.c: Add support for signing with a raw signature

[Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@hpe.com>]

On 02/10/2016 11:12 AM, David Howells wrote:
> Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@hpe.com> wrote:
> 
>> This patch adds support for signing a kernel module with a raw
>> detached PKCS#7 signature/message.
>>
>> The signature is not converted and is simply appended to the module so
>> it needs to be in the right format. Using openssl, a valid signature can
>> be generated like this:
>>   $ openssl smime -sign -nocerts -noattr -binary -in <module> -inkey \
>>     <key> -signer <x509> -outform der -out <raw sig>
>>
>> The resulting raw signature from the above command is (more or less)
>> identical to the raw signature that sign-file itself can produce like
>> this:
>>   $ scripts/sign-file -d <hash algo> <key> <x509> <module>
> 
> What's the usage case for this?  Can it be done instead with openssl PKCS#11?

Our internal signing service doesn't support PKCS#11. I have to submit the blobs
and get detached PKCS#7 messages back. I don't claim I fully understand all the
different signing mechanisms but everything worked just fine until support for
signing with a detached signature was removed. IMO that's a regression, which
I'm trying to fix with this patch.

...Juerg



> David
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