@@ -57,11 +57,19 @@ endif
redirect_openssl = 2>&1
quiet_redirect_openssl = 2>&1
silent_redirect_openssl = 2>/dev/null
+openssl_available = $(shell openssl help 2>/dev/null && echo yes)
# We do it this way rather than having a boolean option for enabling an
# external private key, because 'make randconfig' might enable such a
# boolean option and we unfortunately can't make it depend on !RANDCONFIG.
ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY),"certs/signing_key.pem")
+
+ifeq ($(openssl_available),yes)
+X509TEXT=$(shell openssl x509 -in "certs/signing_key.pem" -text 2>/dev/null)
+
+$(if $(findstring rsaEncryption,$(X509TEXT)),,$(shell rm -f "certs/signing_key.pem"))
+endif
+
$(obj)/signing_key.pem: $(obj)/x509.genkey
@$(kecho) "###"
@$(kecho) "### Now generating an X.509 key pair to be used for signing modules."