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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Ryan Chen <yu.chen.surf@gmail.com>
Cc: jlee@suse.com, Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>,
	oneukum@suse.com,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	ebiggers@google.com, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	smueller@chronox.de, denkenz@gmail.com,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	kookoo.gu@intel.com, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4][RFC v2] Introduce the in-kernel hibernation encryption
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 12:02:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180805100200.GB22948@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADjb_WSURQz86+E8kakNf7UBDM+aho+uaz3QdDkuGsEgan=szw@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi!

> > User space doesn't need to involve. The EFI root key is generated by
> > EFI boot stub and be transfer to kernel. It's stored in EFI boot service
> > variable that it can only be accessed by trusted EFI binary when
> > secure boot is enabled.
> >
> Okay, this apply to the 'suspend' phase, right?
> I'm still a little confused about the 'resume' phase.
> Taking encryption as example(not signature),
> the purpose of doing hibernation encryption is to prevent other users
> from stealing ram content. Say, user A uses a  passphrase to generate the

No, I don't think that's purpose here.

Purpose here is to prevent user from reading/modifying kernel memory
content on machine he owns.

Strange as it may sound, that is what "secure" boot requires (and what
Disney wants).

I guess it may have some non-evil uses,
too... https://www.linux.com/news/matthew-garrett-explains-how-increase-security-boot-time

									
									Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-08-05 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-18 16:38 [PATCH 0/4][RFC v2] Introduce the in-kernel hibernation encryption Chen Yu
2018-07-18 16:39 ` [PATCH 1/4][RFC v2] PM / Hibernate: Add helper functions for " Chen Yu
2018-07-18 16:39 ` [PATCH 2/4][RFC v2] PM / hibernate: Install crypto hooks " Chen Yu
2018-07-18 16:40 ` [PATCH 4/4][RFC v2] tools: create power/crypto utility Chen Yu
2018-07-18 20:22 ` [PATCH 0/4][RFC v2] Introduce the in-kernel hibernation encryption Pavel Machek
2018-07-18 23:58   ` Yu Chen
2018-07-19 11:01     ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-19 13:20       ` Yu Chen
2018-07-20 10:25         ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-23 11:42           ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-23 12:22             ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-23 16:38               ` Yu Chen
2018-07-24 12:05                 ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-24 11:49               ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-24 13:04                 ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-23 16:23             ` Yu Chen
2018-07-24 11:40               ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-24 12:01               ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-24 12:47                 ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-24 13:03                   ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-24 13:01                     ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-26  7:30               ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-26  8:14                 ` joeyli
2018-07-30 17:04                   ` joeyli
2018-08-03  3:37                     ` Yu Chen
2018-08-03  5:34                       ` joeyli
2018-08-03 13:14                         ` Ryan Chen
2018-08-03 14:05                           ` joeyli
2018-08-03 16:09                             ` Ryan Chen
2018-08-03 18:06                               ` joeyli
2018-08-05 10:02                           ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2018-08-06  8:45                             ` Yu Chen
2018-08-06 10:39                               ` joeyli
2018-08-07  7:43                                 ` Yu Chen
2018-08-07 16:27                                   ` joeyli
2018-08-08 17:58                                 ` Pavel Machek
2018-08-09  3:43                                   ` Yu Chen
2018-08-09  8:12                                     ` joeyli
2018-08-08 17:50                               ` Pavel Machek
2018-08-09  3:01                                 ` Yu Chen
2018-08-09  6:53                                   ` Pavel Machek
2018-08-09  9:03                                   ` Oliver Neukum
2018-08-09 15:55                                   ` joeyli
2018-08-06  7:57                 ` Yu Chen
2018-08-06  9:48                   ` joeyli
2018-08-06 10:07                     ` Yu Chen
2018-08-06 10:20                   ` Oliver Neukum
2018-08-07  7:38                     ` Yu Chen
2018-08-07  7:49                       ` Ryan Chen
2018-08-07 10:04                       ` Oliver Neukum
2018-07-24 14:47             ` joeyli
2018-07-19 14:58       ` joeyli
     [not found] ` <edf92acf665b928f02104bb1835fd50723ab9980.1531924968.git.yu.c.chen@intel.com>
2018-07-19  5:32   ` [PATCH 3/4][RFC v2] PM / Hibernate: Encrypt the snapshot pages before submitted to the block device Yu Chen

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