[PATCH v2 7/8] sign-file: use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers

Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05T07:11:59Z

Now that the UAPI headers provide the required definitions, use those.
Some symbols have been renamed, adapt to those.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
---
scripts/Makefile | 1 +
scripts/sign-file.c | 19 ++++---------------
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 0941e5ce7b57..3434a82a119f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
HOSTLDLIBS_sorttable = -lpthread
HOSTCFLAGS_asn1_compiler.o = -I$(srctree)/include
HOSTCFLAGS_sign-file.o = $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --cflags libcrypto 2> /dev/null)
+HOSTCFLAGS_sign-file.o += -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/
HOSTLDLIBS_sign-file = $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --libs libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo -lcrypto)

ifdef CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC
diff --git a/scripts/sign-file.c b/scripts/sign-file.c
index 73fbefd2e540..86b010ac1514 100644
--- a/scripts/sign-file.c
+++ b/scripts/sign-file.c
@@ -40,19 +40,7 @@
#endif
#include "ssl-common.h"

-struct module_signature {
- uint8_t algo; /* Public-key crypto algorithm [0] */
- uint8_t hash; /* Digest algorithm [0] */
- uint8_t id_type; /* Key identifier type [PKEY_ID_PKCS7] */
- uint8_t signer_len; /* Length of signer's name [0] */
- uint8_t key_id_len; /* Length of key identifier [0] */
- uint8_t __pad[3];
- uint32_t sig_len; /* Length of signature data */
-};
-
-#define PKEY_ID_PKCS7 2
-
-static char magic_number[] = "~Module signature appended~\n";
+#include <linux/module_signature.h>

static __attribute__((noreturn))
void format(void)
@@ -197,7 +185,7 @@ static X509 *read_x509(const char *x509_name)

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- struct module_signature sig_info = { .id_type = PKEY_ID_PKCS7 };
+ struct module_signature sig_info = { .id_type = MODULE_SIGNATURE_TYPE_PKCS7 };
char *hash_algo = NULL;
char *private_key_name = NULL, *raw_sig_name = NULL;
char *x509_name, *module_name, *dest_name;
@@ -357,7 +345,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
sig_size = BIO_number_written(bd) - module_size;
sig_info.sig_len = htonl(sig_size);
ERR(BIO_write(bd, &sig_info, sizeof(sig_info)) < 0, "%s", dest_name);
- ERR(BIO_write(bd, magic_number, sizeof(magic_number) - 1) < 0, "%s", dest_name);
+ ERR(BIO_write(bd, MODULE_SIGNATURE_MARKER, sizeof(MODULE_SIGNATURE_MARKER) - 1) < 0,
+ "%s", dest_name);

ERR(BIO_free(bd) != 1, "%s", dest_name);

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