[PATCH] disable VBE by default

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Tue Jun 17 08:39:25 CEST 2025


On Sun Jun 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM EEST, Peter Robinson wrote:
> The VBE protocol needs explicit device support and as
> such isn't particularly useful by itself without that,
> it also adds size and the potential of an attack vector
> so devices that wish to use this protocol should
> explicitly opt in to it like all other large features
> in U-Boot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>

Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>

> ---
>  boot/Kconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/boot/Kconfig b/boot/Kconfig
> index 30eb5b328d7..e8c3fbcb11d 100644
> --- a/boot/Kconfig
> +++ b/boot/Kconfig
> @@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ config BOOTMETH_QFW
>  config BOOTMETH_VBE
>  	bool "Bootdev support for Verified Boot for Embedded"
>  	depends on FIT
> -	default y
>  	select BOOTMETH_GLOBAL
>  	select EVENT
>  	help



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