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[Frank Heimes <1830243@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: ubuntu-z-systems
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  [19.10 FEAT] KVM: Secure Linux Boot Toleration - qemu

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Fix Released
Status in qemu package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in qemu source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in qemu source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released
Status in qemu source package in Cosmic:
  Won't Fix
Status in qemu source package in Disco:
  Fix Released
Status in qemu source package in Eoan:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * s390x is about to add secure boot features which are implemented by a 
     new IPL section

   * Older qemu bootloaders for s390x will stumble over that IPL section and 
     be unable to boot.

   * Backport the changes from upstream that make qemu tolerate those 
     sections (not the new feature of secure boot, just the avoidance of the 
     guest crash on boot)

  [Test Case]

   * Take a signed kernel on s390x (either the one from xnox in comment #19 
     or use signtool to create one)
   * Install that kernel in a guest of the qemu that is to be tested
   * Run zipl with --secure 1 to write a secure boot section for sure
   * With an unpatched qemu this would now fail to boot again
   * Install the update to qemu and boot the guest, by skipping the 
     "tolerated, but not supported" new section it works again.

  [Regression Potential]

   * If any of the checks goes wrong we might affect booting of guests in a 
     negative way. For example it might no more start or load a wrong 
     kernel. But since the IPL records written by `zipl` are clearly 
     specified that should hopefully not be the case here. The code added 
     clearly only skips an additional section that didn't exist before.

  [Other Info]
   
   * n/a

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  Secure boot enablement KVM.
  Will be made available with qemu 4.1

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