Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] KEYS: Adjust public key signature handling

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Wed Mar 02 2016 - 07:11:30 EST


Hi David,

On Mon, 2016-02-29 at 18:21 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> These patches do the following:
>
> (1) Retain a signature in an asymmetric-type key and associate with it the
> identifiers that will match a key that can be used to verify it.
>
> (2) Differentiate an X.509 cert that cannot be used versus one that cannot
> be verified due to unavailable crypto. This is noted in the
> structures involved.
>
> (3) Determination of the self-signedness of an X.509 cert is improved to
> include checks on the subject/issuer names and the key
> algorithm/signature algorithm types.
>
> (4) Self-signed X.509 certificates are consistency checked early on if the
> appropriate crypto is available.
>
> This set of patches is a prelude to a set that changes how trustworthiness
> is determined.

These patches don't apply directly on top of linux-security. Maybe
they apply on top of an updated version of the "X.509: Software public
key subtype changes" patch set. In which branch are these patches?

thanks,

Mimi