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diff --git a/doc/daily_work.inc b/doc/daily_work.inc index 4562b5ca7..37bb9bc48 100644 --- a/doc/daily_work.inc +++ b/doc/daily_work.inc @@ -157,6 +157,44 @@ add those certificates to the kernel trust root. :ref:`cs_append_ca_from_pem`, or :ref:`cs_append_ca_from_uri` with the ``kernel-trusted`` role to supply those certificates.) +Note that the kernel also always adds the module signing key to the trust root +(see :ref:`kernel_module_signing` below). +If the EVM key is signed by the module signing key (or if the two keys are the +same *and* it is self-signed), no additional trust CA is necessary. + +.. _kernel_module_signing: + +Kernel Module Signing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The kernel's build system can generate cryptographic signatures for all +kernel modules during the build process. +This can ensure that all modules loaded on the target at runtime have been +built by a trustworthy source. + +If ``PTXCONF_KERNEL_MODULES_SIGN`` ("sign modules") is enabled in the +platformconfig, PTXdist augments the kernel config with the following config +options during the `kernel.compile` and `kernel.install` stages: + +* ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY`` ("File name or PKCS#11 URI of module signing key"): + PTXdist supplies the URI from the ``kernel-modules`` role of the configured + code signing provider. + (The code signing provider should use :ref:`cs_set_uri` to set the URI.) + +However, additional settings must also be enabled in the kernel config: + +* ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y`` ("Module signature verification"): + Enable this option for module signing, and to get access to its sub-options. +* ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL=y`` ("Automatically sign all modules"): + Enable this option so that the kernel's build system signs the modules during + PTXdist's `kernel.install` stage. +* Additionally, ``CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE`` ("Require modules to be validly + signed") can be useful so that the kernel refuses loading modules with + invalid, untrusted, or no signature. + +For the full overview, refer to the `kernel's module signing documentation +<https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/module-signing.html>`_. + Discovering Runtime Dependencies -------------------------------- |