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

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Thu Mar 07 2019 - 17:29:05 EST


On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:57 AM Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.