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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration (lwn.net)

submitted 7 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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From: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/The_UEFI_9_11_Part_I_Introduction_to_Impending_Catastrophe_Micr.shtml

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Was your bios updated in the last few years? Not when you updated it, but when the manufacturer pushed a newer update.

If it's older than 2023 then you're screwed. If it's been updated since then then you're probably fine.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Screwed just means you'll have to turn off Secure Boot if you ever want to reinstall Linux. And on many PCs the Secure Boot has been so badly implemented it's pretty worthless anyway. Several of mine have a root key called something like "AMI TEST KEY - DO NOT TRUST" which basically invalidates the whole system and is unfixable by the user.