[PATCH] kexec/uefi: copy secure boot flag in boot params across kexec reboot

[Dave Young]

On 08/07/15 at 09:09am, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 07:15:57AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:41 AM, Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > Kexec reboot in case secure boot enabled does not keep the secure boot mode
> > > in new kernel, so later one can load unsigned kernel via legacy kexec_load.
> > 
> > Hm.  Wasn't there code being written so that one could disable legacy
> > kexec and only have kexec_file?  Perhaps that is queued for 4.3.  I'm
> > wondering if as a general security measure we want to only have
> > kexec_file available in Fedora when that is possible.
> 
> The way config options are in fedora, kexec_file() enforces signature
> verification. So if you disable legacy kexec, then it will not be possible
> to kexec unsigned kernels.
> 
> I think we should be able to modify kexec_file() such that it enfornces
> signature only when secureboot is enabled otherwise acts like a legacy
> call. Then we should be able to get rid of legacy kexec call. 

But there are still use case that one need enforce verifying signature even without secure boot..

> 
> But there is a long way to go before we get there. legacy call is well
> tested and new call is barely used anywhere. First we need to have
> confidence that new call can handle most of the use cases.
> 
> Thanks
> Vivek

Thanks
Dave