On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:33 AM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel <
devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On 19/06/2024 17:49, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > This allows
> > any privileged process to sign any future kmods, from any source.
>
> Yes. That's why it is preferable to ship built and signed in Koji kmod
> packages, but nobody want to do this: neither Fedora nor RPM Fusion.
>
> Without a signature, the kernel module will not be loaded, so we have
> only two options left:
> 1. Ask end users to disable UEFI Secure boot completely.
> 2. Use kmodgenca with akmods.
>
> The second option is better, IMO.


While it does *feel* better, both options effectively remove any UEFI
Secure boot protections.

Unless the private key is off-system, anything will be able to be loaded
without much fuss.

-- 
Jonathan Steffan
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