[Bug 1810842] [NEW] Allows booting unsigned kernel when not using shim

dann frazier dann.frazier at canonical.com
Mon Jan 7 19:17:04 UTC 2019


Public bug reported:

A Secure Boot system that has Canonical's key in the db can boot can
boot our signed GRUB directly (i.e., w/o chaining through shim). In this
configuration, GRUB will permit booting unsigned kernels. Reported by
Ard Biesheuvel of Linaro.

** Affects: grub2-signed (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Allows booting unsigned kernel when not using shim

Status in grub2-signed package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A Secure Boot system that has Canonical's key in the db can boot can
  boot our signed GRUB directly (i.e., w/o chaining through shim). In
  this configuration, GRUB will permit booting unsigned kernels.
  Reported by Ard Biesheuvel of Linaro.

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