RE: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] efi: Capsule update with user helper interface

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 4:14 PM
> 
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 03:08:42PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > No.  Only root should be able to load capsules, but even root may not
> > be able to write to /lib.
> 
> So basically what we want to do is:
> 
> # cat /any/path/to/efi/capsule/accessible/to/root/efi_capsule.img >
> /sys/firmware/efi/update
> 
> Now it can't get any simpler than that and you get error codes too by
> failing the cat if the update fails.
> 
> Mind you, I'm using '#' and not '$' as a shell prompt :-)
> 
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
> ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
> --

I believe you guys are more paying attention to the PATH and
whether doing:
# cat /any/path/capsule.bin > /sys/devices/platform/efi_capsule/capsule_load

or doing:
# echo "/any/path/capsule.bin" > /sys/devices/platform/efi_capsule/capsule_load

is not a big issue right?


Regards,
Wilson

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