Re: [QUESTION] move load_uefi_certs() and keyring initcall to earlier initcall

> Hi all,
> 
> Recently, I've found possible module load failure via
> request_module() in device_initcall() for absent of certificate loaded by
> load_uefi_certs() in below exemplary case:
> 
>   - MokListTrustedRT is created.
>   - one module is signed with trust-chain with one cert of MokListRT and
>     contained in initramfs.
>   - loading the above module in device_initcall() get failure since
>     relavent certs didn't loaded yet -- load_uefi_certs() is called at 
>     late_inicall()
> 
> I don't think calling request_module() in the initcall is not a problem
> if it's after root_initcall (from device_initcall) where initrd
> population is requested when I see the commit e7cb072eb988
> ("init/initramfs.c: do unpacking asynchronously").
> 
> IOW, to address this -- signature verification failure for late loading
> of certificates, It seems to movce load_uefi_certs() or other relevant
> init functions requires to move to "rootfs_initcall()".
> 
> Unfortunately, Moving the load_uefi_certs() doesn't seems easy because
> keyring infrastructure is initailised at device_initcall() via
> relevant init functions.
> 
> So, I would like to introduce two initcalls macro which using pre-exist
> initcall macro to address above situation --
> 
>   - keyring_initcall() (which is wrapper of subsys_initcall()).
>   - cert_initcall() (which is wrapper of rootfs_initcall()).
> 
> so that for init functions which initalise keyring infrastructure,
> for example, the function where calls keyring_alloc() like:
>    - system_trusted_keyring_init()
>    - blacklist_init()
>    - machine_keyring_init()
>    - platform_keyring_init()
>    - ima_mok_init()
> 
> to be replaced from device_initcall() to subsys_initcall() with keyring_initcall()
> 
> and for functions which load certificates or late init relevant keyring
> like:
>    - load_system_certificate_list()
>    - load_uefi_certs()
>    - load_powerpc_certs()
>    - load_ipl_certs()
>    - big_key_init()
>    - init_root_keyring()
>    - init_trusted()
>    - init_encrypted()
> 
> to be called from late_initcall() to rootfs_initcall() with cert_initcall().
> 
> Am I missing something, or is there perhaps a better idea?
>

I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know whether I might be
missing something.

Thanks!

-- 
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun