File 0001-Drop-support-for-efivar-SystemdOptions.patch of Package systemd

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File 0001-Drop-support-for-efivar-SystemdOptions.patch of Package systemd (Revision ae8cc8a28f1549d262e00b8484fa7d13)

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From 72d766c5a17fc31902b367e949c4d90193f823b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:07:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Drop support for efivar SystemdOptions

Upstream deprecated it and plan to drop it in the future.

Let's get ahead and drop it now as this feature might be used to gain access to
encrypted SLEM systems with unattended disk unlock and with secure boot
disabled.

[fbui: fixes bsc#1220338]
---
 src/basic/efivars.c                    | 27 ++++++--------------------
 src/boot/bootctl-systemd-efi-options.c |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/basic/efivars.c b/src/basic/efivars.c
index 9011ae29a3..01ab7e5092 100644
--- a/src/basic/efivars.c
+++ b/src/basic/efivars.c
@@ -351,29 +351,14 @@ SecureBootMode efi_get_secure_boot_mode(void) {
 }
 
 static int read_efi_options_variable(char **ret) {
-        int r;
 
-        /* In SecureBoot mode this is probably not what you want. As your cmdline is cryptographically signed
-         * like when using Type #2 EFI Unified Kernel Images (https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification)
-         * The user's intention is then that the cmdline should not be modified. You want to make sure that
-         * the system starts up as exactly specified in the signed artifact.
-         *
-         * (NB: For testing purposes, we still check the $SYSTEMD_EFI_OPTIONS env var before accessing this
-         * cache, even when in SecureBoot mode.) */
-        if (is_efi_secure_boot()) {
-                /* Let's be helpful with the returned error and check if the variable exists at all. If it
-                 * does, let's return a recognizable error (EPERM), and if not ENODATA. */
-
-                if (access(EFIVAR_PATH(EFI_SYSTEMD_VARIABLE(SystemdOptions)), F_OK) < 0)
-                        return errno == ENOENT ? -ENODATA : -errno;
-
-                return -EPERM;
-        }
+        /* For SUSE distros, support for SystemdOptions has already been dropped as it might be a security
+         * concern for systems with unattended disk unlock and with disabled secure boot. */
 
-        r = efi_get_variable_string(EFI_SYSTEMD_VARIABLE(SystemdOptions), ret);
-        if (r == -ENOENT)
-                return -ENODATA;
-        return r;
+        if (access(EFIVAR_PATH(EFI_SYSTEMD_VARIABLE(SystemdOptions)), F_OK) < 0)
+                return errno == ENOENT ? -ENODATA : -errno;
+
+        return log_warning_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EPERM), "Boot options passed via SystemdOptions EFI variable is no more supported, ignoring: %m");
 }
 
 int cache_efi_options_variable(void) {
diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl-systemd-efi-options.c b/src/boot/bootctl-systemd-efi-options.c
index 7f8308fc3d..216b99546f 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl-systemd-efi-options.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl-systemd-efi-options.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "efi-loader.h"
 
 int verb_systemd_efi_options(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
+#if 0
         int r;
 
         /* This is obsolete and subject to removal */
@@ -40,4 +41,7 @@ int verb_systemd_efi_options(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         }
 
         return 0;
+#else
+        return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP), "Support for the SystemdOptions EFI variable has been dropped.");
+#endif
 }
-- 
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