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Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen
From: |
Jan Beulich |
Subject: |
Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:15:23 +0100 |
>>> On 21.10.13 at 20:39, Daniel Kiper <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 02:36:38PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> >>> On 21.10.13 at 14:57, Daniel Kiper <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Separate multiboot2efi module should be established. It should verify
>> > system
>> > kernel and all loaded modules using shim on EFI platforms with enabled
>> > secure boot
>>
>> Each involved component verifies only the next image. I.e. the
>> shim verifies the Xen image, and Xen verifies the Dom0 kernel
>> binary. The Dom0 kernel (assuming it to be Linux) will then be
>> responsible for dealing with its initrd. (One open question is how
>
> Currently Linux Kernel is only verified. Sorry, my fault.
> As I know Matthew Garrett would like to verify Linux Kernel
> modules too. However, I do not know details now. I think that
> we should take into account his work.
Sure, Linux modules are to be verified. But that's a Linux thing
we can be entirely unconcerned about. In the context of GrUB,
"module" can only have the meaning of GrUB modules.
>> Xen ought to deal with an eventual XSM module; I take it that
>
> Could you tell me more about that? What issues do you expect here?
We obviously need to have a way to verify the integrity of an
XSM module. Otherwise - as with any unverified component -
its presence would break the integrity of the supposedly secure
system.
Jan
Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Peter Jones, 2013/10/21
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Daniel Kiper, 2013/10/21
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Ian Campbell, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Jan Beulich, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Ian Campbell, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Jan Beulich, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Ian Campbell, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, 2013/10/22
- Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen, Ian Campbell, 2013/10/22