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New Linux Security Flaw Uses Initramfs to Inject Malware (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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[โ€“] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days 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.