"Light" Grub Alternative Package for Confidential Computing
6 hours ago
- #GRUB2
- #Confidential Computing
- #Fedora 45
- A 'light' version of GRUB2 for confidential computing has been approved for Fedora 45.
- This minimal GRUB package only supports UEFI and has built-in modules for CoCo environments.
- It can boot unified kernel images using Bootloader Specification files.
- The change aims to ensure stable TPM PCR values for remote attestation and improve security by removing unneeded code.
- Five FESCo members approved the change unanimously, with no opposing votes.
- FESCo also approved the LLVM 23 compiler stack for Fedora 45, following Fedora's tradition of shipping the latest toolchains.