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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst index 66f71f0dab1b..1a6b91368e59 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Construction Parameters <#opt_params> Number of optional parameters. If there are no optional parameters, - the optional paramaters section can be skipped or #opt_params can be zero. + the optional parameters section can be skipped or #opt_params can be zero. Otherwise #opt_params is the number of following arguments. Example of optional parameters section: @@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ root_hash_sig_key_desc <key_description> the pkcs7 signature of the roothash. The pkcs7 signature is used to validate the root hash during the creation of the device mapper block device. Verification of roothash depends on the config DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG - being set in the kernel. + being set in the kernel. The signatures are checked against the builtin + trusted keyring by default, or the secondary trusted keyring if + DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_SECONDARY_KEYRING is set. The secondary + trusted keyring includes by default the builtin trusted keyring, and it can + also gain new certificates at run time if they are signed by a certificate + already in the secondary trusted keyring. Theory of operation =================== |