Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Add support for ECDSA-signed kernel modules

From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: jeyu@kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
	zohar@linux.ibm.com, nayna@linux.ibm.com,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Add support for ECDSA-signed kernel modules
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:47:49 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YIiipT1nDSfzX3P6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210423151247.1517808-1-stefanb@linux.ibm.com>

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:12:45AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> This series adds support for ECDSA-signed kernel modules. It also
> attempts to address a kbuild issue where a developer created an ECDSA
> key for signing kernel modules and then builds an older version of the
> kernel, when bisecting the kernel for example, that does not support
> ECDSA keys.
> 
> The first patch addresses the kbuild issue of needing to delete that
> ECDSA key if it is in certs/signing_key.pem and trigger the creation
> of an RSA key. However, for this to work this patch would have to be
> backported to previous versions of the kernel but would also only work
> for the developer if he/she used a stable version of the kernel to which
> this patch was applied. So whether this patch actually achieves the
> wanted effect is not always guaranteed.
> 
> The 2nd patch adds the support for the ECSDA-signed kernel modules.
> 
> This patch depends on the ECDSA support series currently queued here:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/cryptodev-2.6.git/log/?h=ecc
> 
>   Stefan
> 
> v4:
>   - extending 'depends on' with MODULES to (IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG && MODULES)
>   
> v3:
>   - added missing OIDs for ECDSA signed hashes to pkcs7_sig_note_pkey_algo
>   - added recommendation to use string hash to Kconfig help text
> 
> v2:
>   - Adjustment to ECDSA key detector string in 2/2
>   - Rephrased cover letter and patch descriptions with Mimi
> 
> 
> Stefan Berger (2):
>   certs: Trigger creation of RSA module signing key if it's not an RSA
>     key
>   certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules
> 
>  certs/Kconfig                         | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  certs/Makefile                        | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_parser.c |  8 ++++++++
>  3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
> 
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
> 

I just went through v3. My tags apply also to this version.

/Jarkko