Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Apr 2018 09:52:51 -0400 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] Kernel lockdown for secure boot |
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 02:33:37PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> 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
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