MODSIGN: Provide a utility to append a PKCS#7 signature to a module

Provide a utility that:

 (1) Digests a module using the specified hash algorithm (typically sha256).

     [The digest can be dumped into a file by passing the '-d' flag]

 (2) Generates a PKCS#7 message that:

     (a) Has detached data (ie. the module content).

     (b) Is signed with the specified private key.

     (c) Refers to the specified X.509 certificate.

     (d) Has an empty X.509 certificate list.

     [The PKCS#7 message can be dumped into a file by passing the '-p' flag]

 (3) Generates a signed module by concatenating the old module, the PKCS#7
     message, a descriptor and a magic string.  The descriptor contains the
     size of the PKCS#7 message and indicates the id_type as PKEY_ID_PKCS7.

 (4) Either writes the signed module to the specified destination or renames
     it over the source module.

This allows module signing to reuse the PKCS#7 handling code that was added
for PE file parsing for signed kexec.

Note that the utility is written in C and must be linked against the OpenSSL
crypto library.

Note further that I have temporarily dropped support for handling externally
created signatures until we can work out the best way to do those.  Hopefully,
whoever creates the signature can give me a PKCS#7 certificate.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>

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