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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/module-signing.txt b/Documentation/module-signing.txt index 02a9baf1c72f..a78bf1ffa68c 100644 --- a/Documentation/module-signing.txt +++ b/Documentation/module-signing.txt @@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ This has a number of options available: (4) "File name or PKCS#11 URI of module signing key" (CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY) Setting this option to something other than its default of - "signing_key.pem" will disable the autogeneration of signing keys and - allow the kernel modules to be signed with a key of your choosing. - The string provided should identify a file containing both a private - key and its corresponding X.509 certificate in PEM form, or — on - systems where the OpenSSL ENGINE_pkcs11 is functional — a PKCS#11 URI - as defined by RFC7512. In the latter case, the PKCS#11 URI should - reference both a certificate and a private key. + "certs/signing_key.pem" will disable the autogeneration of signing keys + and allow the kernel modules to be signed with a key of your choosing. + The string provided should identify a file containing both a private key + and its corresponding X.509 certificate in PEM form, or — on systems where + the OpenSSL ENGINE_pkcs11 is functional — a PKCS#11 URI as defined by + RFC7512. In the latter case, the PKCS#11 URI should reference both a + certificate and a private key. If the PEM file containing the private key is encrypted, or if the PKCS#11 token requries a PIN, this can be provided at build time by @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ Under normal conditions, when CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY is unchanged from its default, the kernel build will automatically generate a new keypair using openssl if one does not exist in the file: - signing_key.pem + certs/signing_key.pem during the building of vmlinux (the public part of the key needs to be built into vmlinux) using parameters in the: - x509.genkey + certs/x509.genkey file (which is also generated if it does not already exist). |