Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] x86_64: Harden compressed kernel, part 1

[Evgeniy Baskov]

On 2022-08-03 17:05, Dave Hansen wrote:
> That shows me that it's _possible_ to build a more strict PE loader 
> that
> wouldn't load Linux.  But, in practice is anyone using a more strict PE
> loader?  Does anyone actually want that in practice?  Or, again, is 
> this
> more strict PE loader just an academic demonstration?
>
> The README starts:
>
> 	This branch demonstrates...
>
> That doesn't seem like something that's _important_ to deal with.
> Sounds like a proof-of-concept.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improving thing, even if the benefits
> are far off.  But, let's not fool ourselves.

We have commercial closed-source UEFI firmware implementation at ISP RAS
that follows the behavior of the secure_pe branch. That firmware is used
as a part of [1].

[1] https://www.ispras.ru/en/technologies/asperitas/

Thanks,
Evgeniy Baskov