[PATCH v5 1/7] fs: introduce kernel_pread_file* support

[Scott Branden]

On 2020-05-13 12:39 p.m., Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 12:18 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
>> On 2020-05-13 12:03 p.m., Mimi Zohar wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 11:53 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
>> Even if the kernel successfully verified the firmware file signature it
>> would just be wasting its time.  The kernel in these use cases is not always
>> trusted.  The device needs to authenticate the firmware image itself.
> There are also environments where the kernel is trusted and limits the
> firmware being provided to the device to one which they signed.
>
>>> The device firmware is being downloaded piecemeal from somewhere and
>>> won't be measured?
>> It doesn't need to be measured for current driver needs.
> Sure the device doesn't need the kernel measuring the firmware, but
> hardened environments do measure firmware.
>
>> If someone has such need the infrastructure could be added to the kernel
>> at a later date.  Existing functionality is not broken in any way by
>> this patch series.
> Wow!  You're saying that your patch set takes precedence over the
> existing expectations and can break them.
Huh? I said existing functionality is NOT broken by this patch series.
>
> Mimi