Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86/boot: add .sbat section to the bzImage

[Luca Boccassi]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 at 21:01, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 08:56:36PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > Everything < 3 is revoked _and_ the generation id in the stable branch
> > is _not_ bumped, because it's still vulnerable and so that branch is
> > effectively dead and unbootable on any system with secure boot
> > enabled. This is a revocation mechanism, not a bug tracking mechanism.
> > There's no mix-and-matching.
>
> No, this is a mess waiting to happen.

That's not very convincing. You are aware that this mechanism exists
and is already used by other EFI components, yes?

> > Nah, it belongs in both places. Please read the documentation and
> > spend at least some time trying to understand the actual problem being
>
> You want to have this patch in the tree - the commit message should
> explain why it is needed and not point to some documentation somewhere.

Then why not just ask for that, instead of making convoluted
assumptions based on nothing of substance?

> > solved before commenting - or don't comment at all, that's fine too.
>
> Here's a comment for ya:
>
> Naked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

So very mature. No wonder kernel maintainers and the LKML are
universally loved and praised.