3f8d71e174
A number of regressions were caused by the recent CVE fixes,
many of which have since been fixed upstream. This includes
several ext4 file system bugs, which caused some systems not
to boot properly, when dealing with very large initramfs files.
No additional patching has been made. This will be tested, and
then used to provide a revision update for Libreboot 20241206.
After this, there are several additional OOT patches that will
be merged, for the next *testing release* of Libreboot.
Update to this revision, for all GRUB trees:
a4da71dafeea519b034beb159dfe80c486c2107c
This brings in the following changes from upstream:
* a4da71daf util/grub-install: Include raid5rec module for RAID 4 as well
* 223fcf808 loader/ia64/efi/linux: Reset grub_errno on failure to allocate
* 6504a8d4b lib/datetime: Specify license in emu module
* 8fef533cf configure: Add -mno-relax on riscv*
* 1fe094855 docs: Document the long options of tpm2_key_protect_init
* 6252eb97c INSTALL: Document the packages needed for TPM2 key protector tests
* 9d4b382aa docs: Update NV index mode of TPM2 key protector
* 2043b6899 tests/tpm2_key_protector_test: Add more NV index mode tests
* 9f66a4719 tests/tpm2_key_protector_test: Reset "ret" on fail
* b7d89e667 tests/tpm2_key_protector_test: Simplify the NV index mode test
* 5934bf51c util/grub-protect: Support NV index mode
* cd9cb944d tpm2_key_protector: Support NV index handles
* fa69deac5 tpm2_key_protector: Unseal key from a buffer
* 75c480885 tss2: Add TPM 2.0 NV index commands
* 041164d00 tss2: Fix the missing authCommand
* 46c9f3a8d tpm2_key_protector: Add tpm2_dump_pcr command
* 617dab9e4 tpm2_key_protector: Dump PCRs on policy fail
* 204a6ddfb loader/i386/linux: Update linux_kernel_params to match upstream
* 6b64f297e loader/xnu: Fix memory leak
* f94d257e8 fs/btrfs: Fix memory leaks
* 81146fb62 loader/i386/linux: Fix resource leak
* 1d0059447 lib/reloacator: Fix memory leaks
* f3f1fcecd disk/ldm: Fix memory leaks
* aae2ea619 fs/ntfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference and possible infinite loop
* 3b25e494d net/drivers/ieee1275/ofnet: Add missing grub_malloc()
* fee6081ec kern/ieee1275/init: Increase MIN_RMA size for CAS negotiation on PowerPC machines
* b66c6f918 fs/zfs: Fix a number of memory leaks in ZFS code
* 1d59f39b5 tests/util/grub-shell: Remove the work directory on successful run and debug is not on
* e0116f3bd tests/grub_cmd_cryptomount: Remove temporary directories if successful and debug is not on
* e6e2b73db tests/grub_cmd_cryptomount: Default TMPDIR to /tmp
* 32b02bb92 tests/grub_cmd_cryptomount: Cleanup the cryptsetup script unless debug is enabled
* c188ca5d5 tests: Cleanup generated files on expected failure in grub_cmd_cryptomount
* 50320c093 tests/util/grub-shell-luks-tester: Add missing line to create RET variable in cleanup
* bb6d3199b tests/util/grub-shell-luks-tester: Find cryptodisk by UUID
* 3fd163e45 tests/util/grub-shell: Default qemuopts to envvar $GRUB_QEMU_OPTS
* ff7f55307 disk/lvm: Add informational messages in error cases of ignored features
* a16b4304a disk/lvm: Add support for cachevol LV
* 9a37d6114 disk/lvm: Add support for integrity LV
* 6c14b87d6 lvm: Match all LVM segments before validation
* d34b9120e disk/lvm: Remove unused cache_pool
* 90848a1f7 disk/lvm: Make cache_lv more generic as ignored_feature_lv
* 488ac8bda commands/ls: Add directory header for dir args
* 096bf59e4 commands/ls: Print full paths for file args
* 90288fc48 commands/ls: Output path for single file arguments given with path
* 6337d84af commands/ls: Show modification time for file paths
* cbfb031b1 commands/ls: Merge print_files_long() and print_files() into print_file()
* 112d2069c commands/ls: Return proper GRUB_ERR_* for functions returning type grub_err_t
* da9740cd5 commands/acpi: Use options enum to index command options
* 1acf11fe4 docs: Capture additional commands restricted by lockdown
* 6a168afd3 docs: Document restricted filesystems in lockdown
* be0ae9583 loader/i386/bsd: Fix type passed for the kernel
* ee27f07a6 kern/partition: Unbreak support for nested partitions
* cb639acea lib/tss2/tss2_structs.h: Fix clang build - remove duplicate typedef
* 696e35b7f include/grub/mm.h: Remove duplicate inclusion of grub/err.h
* 187338f1a script/execute: Don't let trailing blank lines determine the return code
* ff173a1c0 gitignore: Ignore generated files from libtasn
* fbcc38891 util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in: Conditionally show or hide chain and efi menu entries
* 56ccc5ed5 util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in: Fix GRUB_OS_PROBER_SKIP_LIST for non-EFI
* 01f064064 docs: Do not reference non-existent --dumb option
* 3f440b5a5 docs: Replace @lbracechar{} and @rbracechar{} with @{ and @}
* f20988738 fs/xfs: Fix grub_xfs_iterate_dir() return value in case of failure
* 1ed2628b5 fs/xfs: Add new superblock features added in Linux 6.12/6.13
* 348cd416a fs/ext2: Rework out-of-bounds read for inline and external extents
* c730eddd2 disk/ahci: Remove conditional operator for endtime
* f0a08324d term/ns8250-spcr: Return if redirection is disabled
* 7161e2437 commands/file: Fix NULL dereference in the knetbsd tests
* 11b9c2dd0 gdb_helper: Typo hueristic
* 224aefd05 kern/efi/mm: Reset grub_mm_add_region_fn after ExitBootServices() call
* 531750f7b i386/tsc: The GRUB menu gets stuck due to unserialized rdtsc
* f2a1f66e7 kern/i386/tsc_pmtimer: The GRUB menu gets stuck due to failed calibration
* 13f005ed8 loader/i386/linux: Fix cleanup if kernel doesn't support 64-bit addressing
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Libreboot
Find libreboot documentation at https://libreboot.org/
The libreboot project provides
libre boot
firmware that initializes the hardware (e.g. memory controller, CPU,
peripherals) on specific Intel/AMD x86 and ARM targets, which
then starts a bootloader for your operating system. Linux/BSD are
well-supported. It replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Help is available
via #libreboot IRC
on Libera IRC.
Why use Libreboot?
Why should you use libreboot?
Libreboot gives you freedoms that you otherwise can't get with most other boot firmware. It's extremely powerful and configurable for many use cases.
You have rights. The right to privacy, freedom of thought, freedom of speech and the right to read. In this context, Libreboot gives you these rights. Your freedom matters. Right to repair matters. Many people use proprietary (non-libre) boot firmware, even if they use a libre OS. Proprietary firmware often contains backdoors (more info on the FAQ), and it and can be buggy. The libreboot project was founded in December 2013, with the express purpose of making coreboot firmware accessible for non-technical users.
The libreboot project uses coreboot for hardware
initialisation.
Coreboot is notoriously difficult to install for most non-technical users; it
handles only basic initialization and jumps to a separate
payload program (e.g.
GRUB,
Tianocore), which must also be configured.
The libreboot software solves this problem; it is a coreboot distribution with
an automated build system (named lbmk) that builds complete ROM images, for
more robust installation. Documentation is provided.
How does Libreboot differ from coreboot?
In the same way that Debian is a GNU+Linux distribution, libreboot is
a coreboot distribution. If you want to build a ROM image from scratch, you
otherwise have to perform expert-level configuration of coreboot, GRUB and
whatever other software you need, to prepare the ROM image. With libreboot,
you can literally download from Git or a source archive, and run make, and it
will build entire ROM images. An automated build system, named lbmk
(Libreboot MaKe), builds these ROM images automatically, without any user input
or intervention required. Configuration has already been performed in advance.
If you were to build regular coreboot, without using libreboot's automated build system, it would require a lot more intervention and decent technical knowledge to produce a working configuration.
Regular binary releases of libreboot provide these
ROM images pre-compiled, and you can simply install them, with no special
knowledge or skill except the ability to follow installation instructions
and run commands BSD/Linux.
Project goals
- Support as much hardware as possible! Libreboot aims to eventually have maintainers for every board supported by coreboot, at every point in time.
- Make coreboot easy to use. Coreboot is notoriously difficult to install, due to an overall lack of user-focused documentation and support. Most people will simply give up before attempting to install coreboot. Libreboot's automated build system and user-friendly installation instructions solves this problem.
Libreboot attempts to bridge this divide by providing a build system automating much of the coreboot image creation and customization. Secondly, the project produces documentation aimed at non-technical users. Thirdly, the project attempts to provide excellent user support via IRC.
Libreboot already comes with a payload (GRUB), flashprog and other needed parts. Everything is fully integrated, in a way where most of the complicated steps that are otherwise required, are instead done for the user in advance.
You can download ROM images for your libreboot system and install them without having to build anything from source. If, however, you are interested in building your own image, the build system makes it relatively easy to do so.
Not a coreboot fork!
Libreboot is not a fork of coreboot. Every so often, the project re-bases on the latest version of coreboot, with the number of custom patches in use minimized. Tested, stable (static) releases are then provided in Libreboot, based on specific coreboot revisions.
How to help
You can check bugs listed on the bug tracker.
If you spot a bug and have a fix, the website has instructions for how to send patches, and you can also report it. Also, this entire website is written in Markdown and hosted in a separate repository where you can send patches.
Any and all development discussion and user support are all done on the IRC channel. More information is on https://libreboot.org/contact.html.
LICENSE FOR THIS README
It's just a README file. This README file is released under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero license, version 1.0 of the license, which you can read here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt