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bug #62380: New special environment variable to control default menu security

Submitter:  Steven Stallion <stallion>
Submitted:  Thu 28 Apr 2022 01:17:52 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Security Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Feature Request
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  Steven Stallion
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  Git master
Release:  Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  None

Thu 28 Apr 2022 01:17:52 PM UTC, original submission:  

When enabling secure boot, it can be a pain to track down all uses of menuentry and submenu to change security flags (eg. defaulting to --unrestricted).

I'd like to propose a new special environment variable named `menu_security', which defines a default that is applied to a configuration if a security flag is not specified on an entry.

I think this would simplify configuration substantially, especially for files other than 10_linux that do not have a CLASS variable defined.

I have a little bit of time this week - I'll try to put together a candidate patch to see what folks think.

Steven Stallion <stallion>

 

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