GPG verification errors in OS boot menu silently make the user return to previous menu
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Description
**To reproduce:**
1. Make sure that GPG verification fails by modifying some file in `/boot/`.
2. Reboot & select "Show OS boot menu" & select some boot option.
**Expected behaviour:**
Error is shown.
**Actual behaviour:**
User is returned to the previous menu, no error is shown.
**Side note:**
The default boot option works as expected. Only the "Show OS boot menu" has this issue.
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure by modifying a file in /boot/, rebooting, and selecting an option through "Show OS boot menu". Trace the boot-menu path and its GPG verification failure handling; done means the verification error is shown instead of returning silently to the previous menu, while the default boot option continues to work.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100