[PATCH] kexec: move KEXEC_SIG_FORCE from arch/x86 to arch

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Thu Feb 10 09:33:13 PST 2022


On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 02:16:48PM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> There is nothing x86-specific about KEXEC_SIG_FORCE
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek at suse.de>
> ---
>  arch/Kconfig     | 7 +++++++
>  arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 -------
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 678a80713b21..dc2446f01ac1 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ config KEXEC_ELF
>  config HAVE_IMA_KEXEC
>  	bool
>  
> +config KEXEC_SIG_FORCE
> +	bool "Require a valid signature in kexec_file_load() syscall"
> +	depends on KEXEC_SIG
> +	help
> +	  This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for
> +	  the kexec_file_load() syscall.
> +
>  config SET_FS
>  	bool
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 9f5bd41bf660..3ea648dad6b6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -2032,13 +2032,6 @@ config KEXEC_SIG
>  	  verification for the corresponding kernel image type being
>  	  loaded in order for this to work.
>  
> -config KEXEC_SIG_FORCE
> -	bool "Require a valid signature in kexec_file_load() syscall"
> -	depends on KEXEC_SIG
> -	help
> -	  This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for
> -	  the kexec_file_load() syscall.
> -

This means it is no longer folded under KEXEC_SIG in menuconfig,
which makes it harder to find. I would prefer seeing KEXEC_SIG (and
KEXEC_SIG_FORCE) moved out of the per-arch Kconfig files into a common
location, and then arch Kconfig can add something like:

	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC

>  config KEXEC_BZIMAGE_VERIFY_SIG
>  	bool "Enable bzImage signature verification support"
>  	depends on KEXEC_SIG
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 

-- 
Kees Cook



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