Bug#996202: systemd - EFI Secure Boot for systemd-boot

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Tue Oct 12 12:10:37 BST 2021


Hi Bastian

Am 12.10.21 um 11:22 schrieb Bastian Blank:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 247.9-4
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi folks
> 
> systemd already includes it's own small and EFI based bootloader.  To
> make it more widely usable, it would be nice to have it secure boot
> signed.  Signing for secure boot is supported in Debian via a round trip
> inside the archive.
> 
> I would implement that something in the line of:
> 
> - Split off the existing EFI binary into a new package
>    "systemd-boot-unsigned".
> - Create the template package "systemd-boot-$arch-signed-template".  It
>    contains a list of files to be signed and a source package template,
>    which gets signatures injected into and uploaded by the signing
>    process.
> - The template creates a source and binary package
>    "systemd-boot-$arch-signed", shipping the signed EFI binary.
> - Add a "systemd-boot" package that contains "bootctl" and a dependency
>    on "systemd-boot-$arch-signed".

Would all those binary packages be built from src:systemd?
I don't have any experience with Secure Boot (especially in Debian's 
context), so would need help with that.
Would you mind prepping a MR?

Regards,
Michael

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