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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V31 07/25] kexec_file: Restrict at runtime if the kernel
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:06:00 -0700
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On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 6:52 PM Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/21/19 at 01:18pm, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > I don't think so - we want it to be possible to load images if they
> > have a valid signature.
>
> I know it works like this way because of the previous patch.  But from
> the patch log "When KEXEC_SIG is not enabled, kernel should not load
> images", it is simple to check it early for !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG) &&
> kernel_is_locked_down(reason, LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY)  instead of depending
> on the late code to verify signature.  In that way, easier to
> understand the logic, no?

But that combination doesn't enforce signature validation? We can't
depend on !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG_FORCE) because then it'll
enforce signature validation even if lockdown is disabled.