[PATCH 1/2] UBUNTU: [Debian] Suppress module signing for staging drivers

[Seth Forshee]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:09:51AM -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
> On 12/02/2016 07:34 AM, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 01:33:10PM -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
> >> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642368
> >>
> >> Prevent staging drivers from being loadable in a secure boot environment.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/staging/signature-inclusion | 5 +++++
> >>  scripts/Makefile.modinst            | 7 +++++--
> >>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/signature-inclusion
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/signature-inclusion b/drivers/staging/signature-inclusion
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..c34f191
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/staging/signature-inclusion
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> >> +#
> >> +# This file lists the staging drivers that are safe for signing
> >> +# and loading in a secure boot environment with signed module enforcement.
> >> +#
> >> +
> >> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> >> index 07650ee..0f7b7cb 100644
> >> --- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> >> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> >> @@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ quiet_cmd_modules_install = INSTALL $@
> >>      mkdir -p $(2) ; \
> >>      cp $@ $(2) ; \
> >>      $(mod_strip_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) ; \
> >> -    $(mod_sign_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) $(patsubst %,|| true,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)) && \
> >> -    $(mod_compress_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@)
> >> +    if (echo "$(2)/$(notdir $@)" | egrep -q "\/drivers\/staging\/") && \
> >> +	(! egrep -x "$(2)/$(notdir $@)" $(CURDIR)/drivers/staging/signature-inclusion) ; \
> >> +	then echo Not signing "$(2)/$(notdir $@)"; \
> >> +	else $(mod_sign_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@) $(patsubst %,|| true,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)) && \
> >> +		$(mod_compress_cmd) $(2)/$(notdir $@); fi
> > 
> > The change here skips both module signing and compression. Shouldn't it
> > skip only signing?
> > 
> > Although none of our configs has module compression enabled ...
> > 
> 
> Is it a show stopper ?

Not for us, like I said we aren't compressing modules anyway.