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evm: Deprecate EVM_ALLOW_METADATA_WRITES
This patch deprecates the usage of EVM_ALLOW_METADATA_WRITES, as it is no longer necessary. All the issues that prevent the usage of EVM portable signatures just with a public key loaded have been solved. This flag will remain available for a short time to ensure that users are able to use EVM without it. Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
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1 Enable digital signature validation
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2 Permit modification of EVM-protected metadata at
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runtime. Not supported if HMAC validation and
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creation is enabled.
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creation is enabled (deprecated).
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31 Disable further runtime modification of EVM policy
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will enable digital signature validation, permit
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modification of EVM-protected metadata and
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disable all further modification of policy
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disable all further modification of policy. This option is now
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deprecated in favor of::
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echo 0x80000002 ><securityfs>/evm
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as the outstanding issues that prevent the usage of EVM portable
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signatures have been solved.
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Echoing a value is additive, the new value is added to the
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existing initialization flags.

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