Firmware signing -- Re: [PATCH 00/27] security, efi: Add kernel lockdown

David Howells dhowells at redhat.com
Mon Nov 13 21:44:47 UTC 2017


Alan Cox <gnomes at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> So you don't actually need to sign a lot of PC class firmware because
> it's already signed.

Whilst that may be true, we either have to check signatures on every bit of
firmware that the appropriate driver doesn't say is meant to be signed or not
bother.

David
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