Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling

[Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi David,

On Mon, 2016-02-29 at 18:21 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> These patches do the following:
> 
>  (1) Retain a signature in an asymmetric-type key and associate with it the
>      identifiers that will match a key that can be used to verify it.
> 
>  (2) Differentiate an X.509 cert that cannot be used versus one that cannot
>      be verified due to unavailable crypto.  This is noted in the
>      structures involved.
> 
>  (3) Determination of the self-signedness of an X.509 cert is improved to
>      include checks on the subject/issuer names and the key
>      algorithm/signature algorithm types.
> 
>  (4) Self-signed X.509 certificates are consistency checked early on if the
>      appropriate crypto is available.
> 
> This set of patches is a prelude to a set that changes how trustworthiness
> is determined.

These patches don't apply directly on top of linux-security.   Maybe
they apply on top of an updated version of the  "X.509: Software public
key subtype changes" patch set.   In which branch are these patches?

thanks,

Mimi