From c4b89ba14483342e0e9c66d4e864fbee2411e1ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Altenbach Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:15:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: release-notes: Add snippet on encrypted scratch area Add release note snippet regarding the change made to the swap with scratch algorithm to avoid having plaintext firmware data stored in the scratch area. Signed-off-by: Thomas Altenbach --- docs/release-notes.d/encrypted-scratch-partition.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/release-notes.d/encrypted-scratch-partition.md diff --git a/docs/release-notes.d/encrypted-scratch-partition.md b/docs/release-notes.d/encrypted-scratch-partition.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea5160594 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release-notes.d/encrypted-scratch-partition.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +- When using swap with scratch, the image is now decrypted when copying from + the scratch partition to the primary slot. Therefore, the sratch partition + doesn't contain plaintext firmware data anymore.