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author | Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> | 2023-10-03 11:08:33 +0200 |
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committer | Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> | 2023-10-03 11:08:33 +0200 |
commit | e2ae5f0224e1bc634a062649e27386e06b1d8442 (patch) | |
tree | f2dc07e146f67b622ee880a25ff9c0e5ad9115bc /src/boot | |
parent | man: update the list of ignored options by Anonymize=yes (diff) | |
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docs: rephrase sentence about addons measuring in UEFI_SECURITY.md
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-rw-r--r-- | src/boot/efi/UEFI_SECURITY.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/boot/efi/UEFI_SECURITY.md b/src/boot/efi/UEFI_SECURITY.md index b5bec77dbb..ec4efc336a 100644 --- a/src/boot/efi/UEFI_SECURITY.md +++ b/src/boot/efi/UEFI_SECURITY.md @@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ Specification)](https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specific The role of `systemd-stub` is to load and measure in the TPM the post-bootloader stages, such as the kernel, initrd and kernel command line, and implement optional features such as augmenting the initrd with -additional content such as configuration or optional services. These payloads can be augmented, and such -augmentations are measured too. +additional content such as configuration or optional services. Since it is embedded in a PE signed binary, `systemd-stub` will temporarily disable SecureBoot authentication when loading the payload kernel it wraps, in order to avoid redundant duplicate @@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ process: `addons`. Addons are PE signed binaries that can carry kernel command l blobs (more might be added in the future). In constrast to the user-specified additions in the Type #1 case described above, these addons are loaded through the UEFI image loading protocol, and thus are subject to signature validation, and will be rejected if not signed or if the signature is invalid, following the -standard SecureBoot model. +standard SecureBoot model. They are also measured in the TPM. `systemd-boot` will also load file system drivers that are stored in the ESP, to allow enhancing the firmware's capabilities. These are again PE signed binaries and will be verified using the appropriate |