An administrator enables Secure Boot on an ESXi host. On booting the ESXi host, the following error message appears: Fatal error: 39 (Secure Boot Failed) What is the cause of this issue?
A.
The kernel hos been tampered with.
B.
The Trusted Platform Module chip has failed.
C.
The administrator attempted to boot with a bootloader that is unsigned or has been tampered with.
D.
A package (VIB or driver) has been tampered with.
Selected Answer: A
If the kernel has been tampered with, an error like the following results.
Fatal error: 39 (Secure Boot Failed)
Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-5D5EE0D1-2596-43D7-95C8-0B29733191D9.html
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Error for kernal being tampered with is 39 therefore answer is A
A
Troubleshooting UEFI Secure Boot
If secure boot does not succeed at any level of the boot sequence, an error results.
The error message depends on the hardware vendor and on the level at which verification did not succeed.
If you attempt to boot with a bootloader that is unsigned or has been tampered with, an error during the boot sequence results. The exact message depends on the hardware vendor. It might look like the following error, but might look different.
UEFI0073: Unable to boot PXE Device...because of the Secure Boot policy
If the kernel has been tampered with, an error like the following results.
Fatal error: 39 (Secure Boot Failed)
If a package (VIB or driver) has been tampered with, a purple screen with the following message appears.
UEFI Secure Boot failed:
Failed to verify signatures of the following vibs (XX)
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