From: "Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
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"Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/8] tools uapi headers: add linux/module_signature.h
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:11:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305-module-signature-uapi-v2-6-dc4d81129dee@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305-module-signature-uapi-v2-0-dc4d81129dee@linutronix.de>
This header is going to be used from scripts/sign-file.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
---
tools/include/uapi/linux/module_signature.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/module_signature.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/module_signature.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..634c9f1c8fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/module_signature.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Module signature handling.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MODULE_SIGNATURE_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_MODULE_SIGNATURE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* In stripped ARM and x86-64 modules, ~ is surprisingly rare. */
+#define MODULE_SIGNATURE_MARKER "~Module signature appended~\n"
+
+enum module_signature_type {
+ MODULE_SIGNATURE_TYPE_PKCS7 = 2, /* Signature in PKCS#7 message */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Module signature information block.
+ *
+ * The constituents of the signature section are, in order:
+ *
+ * - Signer's name
+ * - Key identifier
+ * - Signature data
+ * - Information block
+ */
+struct module_signature {
+ __u8 algo; /* Public-key crypto algorithm [0] */
+ __u8 hash; /* Digest algorithm [0] */
+ __u8 id_type; /* Key identifier type [enum module_signature_type] */
+ __u8 signer_len; /* Length of signer's name [0] */
+ __u8 key_id_len; /* Length of key identifier [0] */
+ __u8 __pad[3];
+ __be32 sig_len; /* Length of signature data */
+};
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MODULE_SIGNATURE_H */
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-05 7:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-05 7:11 [PATCH v2 0/8] module: Move 'struct module_signature' to UAPI Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] extract-cert: drop unused definition of PKEY_ID_PKCS7 Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] module: Drop unused signature types Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] module: Give 'enum pkey_id_type' a more specific name Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] module: Give MODULE_SIG_STRING a more descriptive name Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] module: Move 'struct module_signature' to UAPI Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` Thomas Weißschuh [this message]
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] sign-file: use 'struct module_signature' from the UAPI headers Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-05 7:11 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/bpf: verify_pkcs7_sig: Use " Thomas Weißschuh
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