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Currently, a firmware configuration such as
<os firmware='efi'>
<firmware>
<feature enabled='yes' name='enrolled-keys'/>
</firmware>
</os>
will correctly pick a firmware that implements the Secure Boot
feature and initialize the NVRAM file so that it contains the
keys necessary to enforce the signing requirements. However, the
lack of a
<loader secure='yes'/>
element makes it possible for pflash writes to happen outside
of SMM mode. This means that the authenticated UEFI variables
where the keys are stored could potentially be overwritten by
malicious code running in the guest, thus making it possible to
circumvent Secure Boot.
To prevent that from happening, automatically turn on the
loader.secure feature whenever a firmware that implements Secure
Boot is chosen by the firmware autoselection logic. This is
identical to the way we already automatically enable SMM in such
a scenario.
Note that, while this is technically a guest-visible change, it
will not affect migration of existings VMs and will not prevent
legitimate guest code from running.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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==============================
Libvirt API for virtualization
==============================
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the
virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It
includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware
vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER
Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management
daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the
API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other
languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as
mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the
website:
https://libvirt.org
License
=======
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files ``COPYING.LESSER``
and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
============
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components
the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development
mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
=======
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
* libvirt-users@redhat.com (**for user discussions**)
* libvir-list@redhat.com (**for development only**)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html