Re: [GIT PULL] Kernel lockdown for secure boot

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Thu Oct 26 2017 - 14:22:39 EST


On Thu, 2017-10-26 at 17:37 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Can you pull this patchset into security/next please?
>
> It adds kernel lockdown support for EFI secure boot. Note that it doesn't yet
> cover:
>
> bpf - No agreement as to how
> ftrace - Recently suggested, query sent to maintainer
> perf - Not looked at yet.
>
> and there are some changes recently proposed that make it work with IMA that
> I'll pass on as a follow up when we've fully worked them out.

There's a major difference between leaving out support and preventing
properly signed code from working properly. ÂWe're already at -rc6.
I'm just not sure how there will be time to include the patches, test,
and send James a subsequent pull request before the next open window?

Mimi