[PATCH v9 0/4] unify the keyrings of arm64 and s390 with x86 to verify kexec'ed kernel signature
Mimi Zohar
zohar at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jul 6 07:33:50 PDT 2022
On Wed, 2022-07-06 at 12:48 +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 07:35:36AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > On Mon, 2022-07-04 at 09:51 +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> > > Currently when loading a kernel image via the kexec_file_load() system
> > > call, x86 can make use of three keyrings i.e. the .builtin_trusted_keys,
> > > .secondary_trusted_keys and .platform keyrings to verify a signature.
> > > However, arm64 and s390 can only use the .builtin_trusted_keys and
> > > .platform keyring respectively. For example, one resulting problem is
> > > kexec'ing a kernel image would be rejected with the error "Lockdown:
> > > kexec: kexec of unsigned images is restricted; see man
> > > kernel_lockdown.7".
> > >
> > > This patch set enables arm64 and s390 to make use of the same keyrings
> > > as x86 to verify the signature kexec'ed kernel image.
>
> [...]
>
> > > For arm64, the tests were done as follows,
> > > 1. build 5.19.0-rc2
> > > 2. generate keys and add them to .secondary_trusted_keys, MOK, UEFI
> > > db;
> > > 3. sign different kernel images with different keys including keys
> > > from .builtin_trusted_key, .secondary_trusted_keys keyring, a UEFI db
> > > key and MOK key
> > > 4. Without lockdown, all kernel images can be kexec'ed; with lockdown
> > > enabled, only the kernel image signed by the key from the
> > > .builtin_trusted_key keyring can be kexec'ed
> >
> > Just confirming, for arm64, this patch set allows verifying the
> > kexec'ed kernel image signature using keys on either the .platform or
> > .secondary_trusted_keys keyrings.
>
> It looks like this series is ready to go, but it's not clear who should
> pick it up. Eric -- would you be the best person? Otherwise, I'm happy to
> take it via the arm64 tree (on its own branch) if that would be helpful.
Unless Eric is interested, I was asked to pick this patch set up.
thanks,
Mimi
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