Adventures with the UEFI shim

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Tue Nov 24 18:58:05 GMT 2020


On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:34 AM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> Relying on the signed distro build highlights the idea that the
> ExitBootServices check isn't critical to the UEFI SB security model;
> the important authorization is the signature on the bootloader itself,
> not whether or not the bootloader calls into the shim verification
> protocol.
>
> Regardless, as you said, this isn't our code, it would be nice to hear
> a verdict from the shim maintainers on the ExitBootServices check.

Thoughts Peter?

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paul moore
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