On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 02:33:37PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Whoa. Why doesn't lockdown prevent kexec? Put another away, why > > isn't this a problem for people who are fearful that Linux could be > > used as part of a Windows boot virus in a Secure UEFI context? > > Lockdown mode restricts kexec to booting an authorised image (where the > authorisation may be by signature or by IMA). If that's true, then Matthew's assertion that lockdown w/o secure boot is insecure goes away, no? - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
