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Sign kernel modules on Ubuntu, useful for Nvidia drivers in UEFI system
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# VERY IMPORTANT! After each kernel update or dkms rebuild the modules must be signed again with the script | |
# ~/.ssl/sign-all-modules.sh | |
# Place all files in ~/.ssl folder | |
mkdir ~/.ssl | |
cd ~/.ssl | |
# Generate custom keys with openssl | |
openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout MOK.priv -outform DER -out MOK.der -nodes -subj "/CN=Owner/" | |
# Set more restrictive permisions as these are private keys | |
chmod 600 MOK.* | |
# Add the sign-all-modules script to the .ssl folder | |
cat <<EOT > sign-all-modules.sh | |
#!/bin/bash | |
sudo -v | |
echo "Signing the following modules" | |
for filename in /lib/modules/\$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/*.ko; do | |
sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-\$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 ~/.ssl/MOK.priv ~/.ssl/MOK.der \$filename | |
echo "\$filename" | |
done | |
EOT | |
chmod +x ~/.ssl/sign-all-modules.sh | |
#Run the script | |
~/.ssl/sign-all-modules.sh | |
#Add the key to the trusted keys database | |
sudo apt-get install mokutil | |
sudo mokutil --import ~/.ssl/MOK.der | |
cd ~ | |
#Reboot and in the boot screen select add/import key |
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