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New Linux Security Flaw Uses Initramfs to Inject Malware (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week 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.