Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/ima: retry detecting secure boot mode

[PATCH 0/3] selftest/ima: fail kexec_load syscall · Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> · 2018-11-19
[PATCH 1/3] ima: add error mesage to kexec_load · Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> · 2018-11-19
[PATCH 2/3] selftests/ima: kexec_load syscall test · Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> · 2018-11-19
[PATCH 3/3] x86/ima: retry detecting secure boot mode · Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> · 2018-11-19
Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/ima: retry detecting secure boot mode · Matthew Garrett <hidden> · 2019-03-07

From: Matthew Garrett <hidden>
Date: 2019-03-07 22:29:05
Also in: kexec, linux-efi, linux-integrity, lkml

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:57 AM Mimi Zohar [off-list ref] wrote:

The secure boot mode may not be detected on boot for some reason (eg.
buggy firmware).  This patch attempts one more time to detect the
secure boot mode.

Do we have cases where this has actually been seen? I'm not sure what
the circumstances are that would result in this behaviour.

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