[PATCH v3 01/14] integrity: Introduce a Linux keyring for the Machine Owner Key (MOK)

Eric Snowberg eric.snowberg at oracle.com
Thu Aug 12 22:16:51 UTC 2021


> On Aug 12, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 10:18:42PM -0400, Eric Snowberg wrote:
>> Many UEFI Linux distributions boot using shim.  The UEFI shim provides
>> what is called Machine Owner Keys (MOK). Shim uses both the UEFI Secure
>> Boot DB and MOK keys to validate the next step in the boot chain.  The
>> MOK facility can be used to import user generated keys.  These keys can
>> be used to sign an end-users development kernel build.  When Linux
>> boots, both UEFI Secure Boot DB and MOK keys get loaded in the Linux
>> .platform keyring.
>> 
>> Add a new Linux keyring called .mok.  This keyring shall contain just
> 
> I would consider ".machine" instead. It holds MOK keys but is not a
> MOK key.

I’m open to renaming it to anything that you and the other maintainers 
feel would be appropriate.  I just want to make sure there is an agreement 
on the new name before I make the change.  Thanks.



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