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DKMS Does Not Sign v4l2loopback-dkms #361
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I have replicated the SSL error when attempting to manually build the module with DKMS.
This bug is unrelated to the actual module, the "problem" is that you are using a key that is protected by a passphrase (which is a good thing), but dkms makes no attempt to supply a passphrase (or somehow prompt for it).
This bug is unrelated to the actual module, the "problem" is that you are using a key that is protected by a passphrase (which is a good thing), but dkms makes no attempt to supply a passphrase (or somehow prompt for it).
Hey :-) Oh so DKMS doesn't support key passphrases yet? If I leave the passphrase blank when creating the key will that circumvent the bug? I would prefer to have a passphrase, but at this point I have secure boot disabled because I need that module up and running, so it would still be an improvement.
Oh so DKMS doesn't support key passphrases yet?
You can set the KBUILD_SIGN_PIN environment variable in a helper script https://gist.github.com/siddhpant/19c07b07d912811f5a4b2893ca706c99
It's not perfect, which is why we support custom sign wrapper/script. The kernel build requires a KBUILD_SIGN_PIN variable and it's up-to the user to set that.
People have different preferences and tools they use for managing their secrets. Supporting all of those in dkms does not seem like a scalable solution. Sorry :-\
But at least dkms should document that
a) the signing key created by dkms has no passphrase
b) the user needs to do additional steps if he wants to use a custom key that is protected by a passphrase (and give a pointer where to find additional instructions), maybe describe one possible solution (simple (manually providing the passphrase on the command line), not elegant ((automatically) providing the passphrase in some keyring))Indeed. Reopening to document and provide an example
Hey everyone, thanks for the suggestions, the kernel module in question is running on my production machine, so it's a bit tricky testing out the suggested workarounds, but will try and get it done this week. I think v4l2loopback and some other projects will update their documentation once I've got something to give them.
My opinion is that by forcing users to use an external script, they'll have to "reinvent the wheel" for the logic used to find the path of the sign-file tool (which is indeed the most recommended tool), etc. and risking to introduce vulnerabilities, when the most part has already been done - and largely tested - by you.
I really wonder what's preventing you from including a further sourceable variable to store the passphrase and exporting its content in the environment. After all, any solution for this issue will necessarily require injecting the KBUILD_SIGN_PIN variable into the environment, so why making everything so unnecessarily complicated?
Reacted by sallymanda
Hey everyone, I'm trying to get DKMS to automatically sign modules, specifically v4l2bookback-dkms for OBS Studio virtual webcam, and I've been at it for many, many fruitless hours, and I am now at a bit of a loss what to do... any suggestions would be appreciated. I have completed the following steps, and even tried them a second time, using
mokutil --deletebeforehand, in case I made some mistake in the first attempt.Setup Keys
Reboot and enrol key.
Setup DKMS
Install v4l2loopback
Troubleshooting
Same errors as the first time. What am I doing wrong? It looks like it's saying the PEM passphrase is wrong or something? Not sure... Oh and my system, in case it's relevant is Debian Unstable, but I also tried the same steps in Debian 12 yesterday with the same results.