Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] kexec/firmware: support system wide policy requiring signatures

Serge E. Hallyn
2018-06-05T13:25:46Z

Quoting Kees Cook (keescook@chromium.org):
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:09 PM, Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> wrote:
> > Personally I agree with Eric and prefer a new hook. I don't feel strongly
> > enough about it to keep bikeshedding, but since this set already exists,
> > it seems like the way to go.
>
> And the new hook is "load stuff without a file descriptor"?

Yes. Load stuff based on my own credentials not those attached
to a file.