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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Please backport 980a573621ea to 6.12, 6.14
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 06:54:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025050202-diving-palatable-b44c@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAH4kHY7sccAgtoouC4wFEbp4beKJ-pMD2SxW_jVrVpg5FexVw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 01:06:34PM -0700, Dionna Amalie Glaze wrote:
> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 09:48:59AM -0700, Dionna Amalie Glaze wrote:
> > > 980a573621ea ("tpm: Make chip->{status,cancel,req_canceled} opt")
> > >
> > > This is a dependent commit for the series of patches to add the AMD
> > > SEV-SNP SVSM vTPM device driver. Kernel 6.11 added SVSM support, but
> > > not support for the critical component for boot integrity that follows
> > > the SEV-SNP threat model. That series
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250410135118.133240-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> > > is applied at tip but is not yet in the mainline.
> >
> > How does this fix a bug in these stable branches now?
> 
> I find that the inability to use the main purpose of SVSM support for
> trusted boot integrity is a security bug according to the SEV-SNP
> threat model.

That is a new feature, sorry.  Just use new kernel versions if you wish
to have this.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2025-05-02  4:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-01 16:48 Please backport 980a573621ea to 6.12, 6.14 Dionna Amalie Glaze
2025-05-01 18:04 ` Greg KH
2025-05-01 20:06   ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2025-05-02  4:54     ` Greg KH [this message]

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