From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: torvalds@linux-foundation.org (Linus Torvalds) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:09:10 -0800 Subject: Firmware signing -- Re: [PATCH 00/27] security, efi: Add kernel lockdown In-Reply-To: <454.1510609487@warthog.procyon.org.uk> References: <150842463163.7923.11081723749106843698.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <14219.1509660259@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <1509660641.3416.24.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20171107230700.GJ22894@wotan.suse.de> <20171108061551.GD7859@linaro.org> <20171108194626.GQ22894@wotan.suse.de> <20171109014841.GF7859@linaro.org> <1510193857.4484.95.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20171109044619.GG7859@linaro.org> <20171111023240.2398ca55@alans-desktop> <20171113174250.GA22894@wotan.suse.de> <20171113210848.4dc344bd@alans-desktop> <454.1510609487@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Message-ID: To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-security-module.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:44 PM, David Howells wrote: > > Whilst that may be true, we either have to check signatures on every bit of > firmware that the appropriate driver doesn't say is meant to be signed or not > bother. I vote for "not bother". Seriously, if you have firmware in /lib/firmware, and you don't trust it, what the hell are you doing? Oh, it's one of those "let's protect people from themselves, so that they can't possibly break Disney^W^W be terrorists - but but the children" things again, isn't it? Watch me care. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-security-module" in the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html