[PATCH] integrity: don't throw an error immediately when failed to add a cert to the .machine keyring

Coiby Xu coxu at redhat.com
Tue Jan 9 00:27:06 UTC 2024


On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 06:02:38PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>On Fri Jan 5, 2024 at 3:20 PM EET, Coiby Xu wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 04:09:29PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> >On Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 6:41 AM EET, Coiby Xu wrote:
>> >> Currently when the kernel fails to add a cert to the .machine keyring,
>> >> it will throw an error immediately in the function integrity_add_key.
>> >>
>> >> Since the kernel will try adding to the .platform keyring next or throw
>> >> an error (in the caller of integrity_add_key i.e. add_to_machine_keyring),
>> >> so there is no need to throw an error immediately in integrity_add_key.
>> >>
>> >> Reported-by: itrymybest80 at protonmail.com
>> >
>> >Missing "Firstname Lastname".
>>
>> Thanks for raising this concern! I've asked the reporter if he/she can
>> share his/her name.
>
>Also, it is lacking fixes tag.

Thanks for catching this issue! I've included the Fixes tag in v2.

>
>Fixes tag is mandatory, name part would be super nice to have :-) Since
>this categories as a bug fix, getting them in is 1st priority and that
>thus does not absolutely block applying the change. Thanks for going
>trouble trying to query it, however.

Thanks for the explanation! As I still get no reply from the reporter,
so I guess we have to accept the name part for now.

>
>BR, Jarkko
>

-- 
Best regards,
Coiby




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