From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C491E13DDD6 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:18:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712834316; cv=none; b=fFQt5yS4td5IoRxoalejsO4HYHdfNvinMEy9Db8S9pZA2Mw+Cgmsaro9KiI//gF4NJYZQqkqP/PFnNhhG5vchj7SUcywpiNDa5csYYPZnY2VS/vKcrWrqZxjWk82T9LsoPCMyoBxdzsTXp0dv1td3JAlsgiR7XX4aIPLp/a9vlQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712834316; c=relaxed/simple; bh=bA+dKB8+rce2HNoNLvHLOTn+GYqw0JjJ3qmvf2sxrcA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=I08/dLRq0nAEkhQ4MxSBCmE5yhjBq0If4cn16rjEwmbM0iTSWliyOCpyPzaHOu9CwKaXsdFQmESivcytrQ8stnnU1sy7oHVPX7DAOiL4ctN3KW8OtXajCvTWrvRXdDQXdbVPROmeuSqcmSJnbnar/mxc6mrCzqTOADvO08AE5Dk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=L3OXL4T/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="L3OXL4T/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E1F0EC433F1; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:18:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1712834316; bh=bA+dKB8+rce2HNoNLvHLOTn+GYqw0JjJ3qmvf2sxrcA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=L3OXL4T/o30Hve3WBGO0nfcKs/k2TUwExiKB+gTm11+2A/TYTxMwS6oKH0Sdr99F/ RpxZ7AVVF80NwVWrZ/kQ4XBZCNW5GBYXoGPguJ+L4a95lKDKzMa5bWhplTAmvfq7Im avHYrRQnvW0Z45Fzv1dRpgbjiWHjGotYZZGnD1qM= Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:30:30 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ard Biesheuvel Cc: "# 3.4.x" Subject: Re: v5.15 backport request Message-ID: <2024041134-strobe-childhood-cc74@gregkh> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 12:23:37PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Please consider the commits below for backporting to v5.15. These > patches are prerequisites for the backport of the x86 EFI stub > refactor that is needed for distros to sign v5.15 images for secure > boot in a way that complies with new MS requirements for memory > protections while running in the EFI firmware. What old distros still care about this for a kernel that was released in 2021? I can almost understand this for 6.1.y and newer, but why for this one too? thanks, greg k-h