From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Majji SankaraRao <sankar.linux.development@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: Reg : signature and/or required key missing
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 15:01:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200504130108.GA2078951@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE6-iZ3pfQif5iz8Az1J7=BYWNJ4c6DmYgzB-q=3pKkNWppBNw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 06:14:59PM +0530, Majji SankaraRao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got the following kernel message after inserting my sample char dev
> module into kernel version - 5.3.0-51-generic
>
> *[17866.747927] mychardev: module verification failed: signature and/or
> required key missing - tainting kernel*
>
> Please guide me how to solve this issue.
You have module signing enabled and do not have the key for that kernel
to allow it to load a module without "tainting" the kernel. It should
work just fine, but to have that go away, build your own kernel without
that option, or with your own set of build keys.
hope this helps,
greg k-h
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2020-05-04 12:44 Reg : signature and/or required key missing Majji SankaraRao
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