Please update the Fedora secure boot signing key in a timely manner, otherwise you may be unable to boot Fedora Linux on computers with secure boot enabled after September

The Microsoft KEK key expires in 2026

Owner: 77fa9abd-0359-4d32-bd60-28f4e78f784b
SHA1 Fingerprint: 31:59:0b:fd:89:c9:d7:4e:d0:87:df:ac:66:33:4b:39:31:25:4b:30
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number:
            61:0a:d1:88:00:00:00:00:00:03
        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Corporation Third Party Marketplace Root
        Validity
            Not Before: Jun 24 20:41:29 2011 GMT
            Not After : Jun 24 20:51:29 2026 GMT
        Subject: C=US, ST=Washington, L=Redmond, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Corporation KEK CA 2011

and the new one should already be distributed through fwupd or through the manufacurer

Owner: 77fa9abd-0359-4d32-bd60-28f4e78f784b
SHA1 Fingerprint: 45:9a:b6:fb:5e:28:4d:27:2d:5e:3e:6a:bc:8e:d6:63:82:9d:63:2b
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number:
            33:00:00:00:13:14:16:b8:61:6d:82:82:4b:00:00:00:00:00:13
        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=US, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft RSA Devices Root CA 2021
        Validity
            Not Before: Mar  2 20:21:35 2023 GMT
            Not After : Mar  2 20:31:35 2038 GMT
        Subject: C=US, O=Microsoft Corporation, CN=Microsoft Corporation KEK 2K CA 2023

The updated db should also have been received through fwupd by now.

What the article says is that when getting Microsoft to sign the shim after september, the shim will be signed with the new key. That is all.

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