Hi Ard,
First! Thanks for your review!
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 05:25:30PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 13 March 2018 at 10:37, Lee, Chun-Yi <joeyli.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The mok can not be trusted when the secure boot is disabled. Which
> > means that the kernel embedded certificate is the only trusted key.
> >
> > Due to db/dbx are authenticated variables, they needs manufacturer's
> > KEK for update. So db/dbx are secure when secureboot disabled.
> >
>
> Did you consider the case where secure boot is not implemented? I
> don't think db/dbx are secure in that case, although perhaps it may
> not matter (a bit more information on the purpose of these patches and
> all the shim lingo etc would be appreciated)
>
The patch 5 in this series checks that the db/dbx must have
EFI_VARIABLE_TIME_BASED_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS attribute. But I agree
with you that kernel should checks the SecureBoot variable must
exist in system. I will add patch to detect it.
> > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > certs/load_uefi.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/certs/load_uefi.c b/certs/load_uefi.c
> > index 3d88459..d6de4d0 100644
> > --- a/certs/load_uefi.c
> > +++ b/certs/load_uefi.c
> > @@ -164,17 +164,6 @@ static int __init load_uefi_certs(void)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > - mok = get_cert_list(L"MokListRT", &mok_var, &moksize);
>
> Which tree does this apply to? My tree doesn't have get_cert_list()
>
This patch set is base on the efi-lock-down and keys-uefi branchs in
David Howells's linux-fs git tree.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=keys-uefi
Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee
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