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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] kexec: A new system call, kexec_file_load, for in kernel kexec
    On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:03:50AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:

    > This could be done as we do with modules, and just tack the signature
    > onto the end of the 'blob' of the image. That way we could use the same
    > tool to sign the binary as we do for modules, and save the need for
    > extra parameters in the syscall.

    That would require a certain degree of massaging from userspace if we
    want to be able to use the existing Authenticode signatures. Otherwise
    we need to sign kernels twice.

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    Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org


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