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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/3] initramfs: add support for xattrs in the initial ram disk
    On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 03:18:16AM -0700, hpa@zytor.com wrote:
    > > Couldn't this parsing of the .xattr-list file and the setting of the xattrs
    > > be done equivalently by the initramfs' /init? Why is kernel involvement
    > > actually required here?
    >
    > There are a lot of things that could/should be done that way...

    Indeed... so why not try to avoid adding more such "things", and keeping
    them in userspace (or in a fork_usermode_blob)?


    On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 08:52:47AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
    > It's too late. The /init itself should be signed and verified.

    Could you elaborate a bit more about the threat model, and why deferring
    this to the initramfs is too late?

    Thanks,
    Dominik

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