Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86/boot: add .sbat section to the bzImage

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Jul 12 2023 - 16:01:42 EST


On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 08:56:36PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> Everything < 3 is revoked _and_ the generation id in the stable branch
> is _not_ bumped, because it's still vulnerable and so that branch is
> effectively dead and unbootable on any system with secure boot
> enabled. This is a revocation mechanism, not a bug tracking mechanism.
> There's no mix-and-matching.

No, this is a mess waiting to happen.

> Nah, it belongs in both places. Please read the documentation and
> spend at least some time trying to understand the actual problem being

You want to have this patch in the tree - the commit message should
explain why it is needed and not point to some documentation somewhere.

> solved before commenting - or don't comment at all, that's fine too.

Here's a comment for ya:

Naked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

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