Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Aug 2022 13:22:03 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] x86_64: Harden compressed kernel, part 1 |
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On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 01:41:58PM +0300, Evgeniy Baskov wrote: > On 2022-08-03 17:05, Dave Hansen wrote: > > > > That shows me that it's _possible_ to build a more strict PE loader that > > wouldn't load Linux. But, in practice is anyone using a more strict PE > > loader? Does anyone actually want that in practice? Or, again, is this > > more strict PE loader just an academic demonstration? > > > > The README starts: > > > > This branch demonstrates... > > > > That doesn't seem like something that's _important_ to deal with. > > Sounds like a proof-of-concept. > > > > Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improving thing, even if the benefits > > are far off. But, let's not fool ourselves. > > We have commercial closed-source UEFI firmware implementation at ISP RAS > that follows the behavior of the secure_pe branch. That firmware is used > as a part of [1]. > > [1] https://www.ispras.ru/en/technologies/asperitas/
Are there any plans on getting those changes merged back upstream to the main UEFI codebase so that others can test this type of functionality out?
thanks,
greg k-h
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