Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 May 2022 12:23:10 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] LoadPin: Enable loading from trusted dm-verity devices |
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On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 04:34:54PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > As of now LoadPin restricts loading of kernel files to a single pinned > filesystem, typically the rootfs. This works for many systems, however it > can result in a bloated rootfs (and OTA updates) on platforms where > multiple boards with different hardware configurations use the same rootfs > image. Especially when 'optional' files are large it may be preferable to > download/install them only when they are actually needed by a given board. > Chrome OS uses Downloadable Content (DLC) [1] to deploy certain 'packages' > at runtime. As an example a DLC package could contain firmware for a > peripheral that is not present on all boards. DLCs use dm-verity [2] to > verify the integrity of the DLC content.
For the coming v5 (which will fix the 0-day reports), if I can get some Acks from the dm folks, I can carry this with other loadpin changes in my tree. Though I'm fine with this going via the dm tree, too:
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
-- Kees Cook
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