From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> This forcibly drops CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE from both cap_permitted and cap_bset in the init_cred struct, which everything else inherits from. This works on any machine and can be used to develop even if the box doesn't have UEFI. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/cred.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c index de728ac..47669a9 100644 --- a/kernel/cred.c +++ b/kernel/cred.c @@ -623,6 +623,23 @@ void __init cred_init(void) 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL); } +void __init secureboot_enable() +{ + pr_info("Secure boot enabled\n"); + cap_lower((&init_cred)->cap_bset, CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE); + cap_lower((&init_cred)->cap_permitted, CAP_SECURE_FIRMWARE); +} + +/* Dummy Secure Boot enable option to fake out UEFI SB=1 */ +static int __init secureboot_enable_opt(char *str) +{ + int sb_enable = !!simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0); + if (sb_enable) + secureboot_enable(); + return 1; +} +__setup("secureboot_enable=", secureboot_enable_opt); + /** * prepare_kernel_cred - Prepare a set of credentials for a kernel service * @daemon: A userspace daemon to be used as a reference -- 1.7.11.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html