Merge pull request #29420 from bluca/uefi_doc
Fixups for UEFI_SECURITY.md
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@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ Specification)](https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specific
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The role of `systemd-stub` is to load and measure in the TPM the post-bootloader stages, such as the kernel,
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initrd and kernel command line, and implement optional features such as augmenting the initrd with
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additional content such as configuration or optional services. These payloads can be augmented, and such
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augmentations are measured too.
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additional content such as configuration or optional services. [Unified Kernel
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Images](https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/unified_kernel_image/) embed `systemd-stub`, a kernel
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and other optional components as sections in a PE signed binary, that can thus be executed in UEFI
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environments.
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Since it is embedded in a PE signed binary, `systemd-stub` will temporarily disable SecureBoot
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authentication when loading the payload kernel it wraps, in order to avoid redundant duplicate
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authentication of the image, given that that the payload kernel was already authenticated and verified as
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part of the whole image. SecureBoot authentication is re-enabled immediately after the kernel image has been
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loaded.
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Since it is embedded in a PE signed binary, `systemd-stub` will temporarily disable the UEFI authentication
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protobol while loading the payload kernel it wraps, in order to avoid redundant duplicate authentication of
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the image, given that that the payload kernel was already authenticated and verified as part of the whole
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image. SecureBoot authentication is re-enabled immediately after the kernel image has been loaded.
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Various EFI variables, under the vendor UUID `4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f`, are set and read by
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these components, to pass metadata and configuration between different stages of the boot process, as
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@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ process: `addons`. Addons are PE signed binaries that can carry kernel command l
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blobs (more might be added in the future). In constrast to the user-specified additions in the Type #1 case
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described above, these addons are loaded through the UEFI image loading protocol, and thus are subject to
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signature validation, and will be rejected if not signed or if the signature is invalid, following the
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standard SecureBoot model.
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standard SecureBoot model. They are also measured in the TPM.
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`systemd-boot` will also load file system drivers that are stored in the ESP, to allow enhancing the
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firmware's capabilities. These are again PE signed binaries and will be verified using the appropriate
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