On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 02:04:37PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > From: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> > > Make it much simpler without losing the gist of what it says. > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> > Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> > Cc: Vivek Goyal <[email protected]> > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 13 +++++-------- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index 8f829ffb9003..8db84b0e5bbd 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -1775,14 +1775,11 @@ config KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG > depends on KEXEC_FILE > ---help--- > This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for > - kexec_file_load() syscall. If kernel is signature can not be > - verified, kexec_file_load() will fail. > - > - This option enforces signature verification at generic level. > - One needs to enable signature verification for type of kernel > - image being loaded to make sure it works. For example, enable > - bzImage signature verification option to be able to load and > - verify signatures of bzImage. Otherwise kernel loading will fail. > + the kexec_file_load() syscall. > + > + In addition to that option, you need to enable signature > + verification for the corresponding kernel image type being > + loaded in order for this to work. >
Hmm..., I find even previous text to be just fine. But as I wrote it, I might be biased. So I will leave it to others to decide. Thanks Vivek -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
