Re: [PATCH] Fix kexec forbidding kernels signed with custom platform keys to boot

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Wed Aug 15 2018 - 12:54:49 EST


This needs more people involved, and at least a sign-off.

It looks ok, but I think we need a #define for the magical (void *)1UL
thing. I see the use in verify_pkcs7_signature(), but still.

Linus



On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 3:11 AM Yannik Sembritzki <yannik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> index 7326078e..eaaa125d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static int bzImage64_cleanup(void *loader_data)
> static int bzImage64_verify_sig(const char *kernel, unsigned long kernel_len)
> {
> return verify_pefile_signature(kernel, kernel_len,
> - NULL,
> + (void *)1UL,
> VERIFYING_KEXEC_PE_SIGNATURE);
> }
> #endif
> --
> 2.17.1
>
> The exact scenario under which this issue occurs is described here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554113
>