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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 18:19:26 +0000
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] initramfs with digital signature protection
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On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 02:34:50PM +0200, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:

> Digitally signed initramfs can be used to provide protected user-space
> environment for initialization purpose. For example, LSM, IMA/EVM can be
> securely initialized using such approach.

What stops an attacker from simply removing the signed image from the 
initramfs and running modified versions of the same tools from the 
unsigned image?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org