Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key if it's not an RSA key

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key if it's not an RSA key
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:17:38 -0700
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>, keyrings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-integrity <linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LSM List <linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <20210629213421.60320-2-stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 2:34 PM Stefan Berger
<stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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 bi-
> secting the kernel for example, that does not support ECDSA keys.

Thanks, these two don't confuse me any more.

                Linus

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