New Linux Security Flaw Uses Initramfs to Inject Malware (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

That makes sense. Would a signed initramfs be possible though? Since it's usually rebuilt after most system updates?

[-] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on the OS, but you can generally have mkinitcpio handle generating new UKIs after updates and also have it trigger something like sbctl to re-sign images.

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