This series adds support for ECDSA-signed kernel modules. It also attempts to address a kbuild issue where a developer created an ECDSA key for signing kernel modules and then builds an older version of the kernel, when bisecting the kernel for example, that does not support ECDSA keys. The first patch addresses the kbuild issue of needing to delete that ECDSA key if it is in certs/signing_key.pem and trigger the creation of an RSA key. However, for this to work this patch would have to be backported to previous versions of the kernel but would also only work for the developer if he/she used a stable version of the kernel to which this patch was applied. So whether this patch actually achieves the wanted effect is not always guaranteed. The 2nd patch adds the support for the ECSDA-signed kernel modules. This patch depends on the ECDSA support series currently queued here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git/log/?h=ecc Stefan v2: - Adjustment to ECDSA key detector string in 2/2 - Rephrased cover letter and patch descriptions with Mimi Stefan Berger (2): certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key if it's not an RSA key certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules certs/Kconfig | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ certs/Makefile | 14 ++++++++++++++ crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_parser.c | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+) -- 2.29.2
