diff --git a/include/keys/system_keyring.h b/include/keys/system_keyring.h
index 72665eb8069269f4e1b6726c8cd2d04374405ab8..9791c907cdb70c502e570f26eb20060f5763d71d 100644
--- a/include/keys/system_keyring.h
+++ b/include/keys/system_keyring.h
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ static inline struct key *get_system_trusted_keyring(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+extern int system_verify_data(const void *data, unsigned long len,
+			      const void *raw_pkcs7, size_t pkcs7_len);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _KEYS_SYSTEM_KEYRING_H */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index e16d9e587cee88d884b63b67faf318dbc57de744..14b3d8422502c49f580941c22a037815b785b500 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1752,6 +1752,24 @@ config SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
 
 	  Keys in this keyring are used by module signature checking.
 
+config SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+	def_bool n
+	select SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
+	select KEYS
+	select CRYPTO
+	select ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
+	select ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
+	select PUBLIC_KEY_ALGO_RSA
+	select ASN1
+	select OID_REGISTRY
+	select X509_CERTIFICATE_PARSER
+	select PKCS7_MESSAGE_PARSER
+	help
+	  Provide PKCS#7 message verification using the contents of the system
+	  trusted keyring to provide public keys.  This then can be used for
+	  module verification, kexec image verification and firmware blob
+	  verification.
+
 config PROFILING
 	bool "Profiling support"
 	help
@@ -1860,16 +1878,7 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
 config MODULE_SIG
 	bool "Module signature verification"
 	depends on MODULES
-	select SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
-	select KEYS
-	select CRYPTO
-	select ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
-	select ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
-	select PUBLIC_KEY_ALGO_RSA
-	select ASN1
-	select OID_REGISTRY
-	select X509_CERTIFICATE_PARSER
-	select PKCS7_MESSAGE_PARSER
+	select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
 	help
 	  Check modules for valid signatures upon load: the signature
 	  is simply appended to the module. For more information see
diff --git a/kernel/module_signing.c b/kernel/module_signing.c
index 8eb20cc66b396193b27ba3d4defcb7010ec7946b..70ad463f6df059c43267490da7fcfa0744cec6d4 100644
--- a/kernel/module_signing.c
+++ b/kernel/module_signing.c
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <keys/system_keyring.h>
 #include <crypto/public_key.h>
-#include <crypto/pkcs7.h>
 #include "module-internal.h"
 
 /*
@@ -36,46 +34,6 @@ struct module_signature {
 	__be32	sig_len;	/* Length of signature data */
 };
 
-/*
- * Verify a PKCS#7-based signature on a module.
- */
-static int mod_verify_pkcs7(const void *mod, unsigned long modlen,
-			    const void *raw_pkcs7, size_t pkcs7_len)
-{
-	struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7;
-	bool trusted;
-	int ret;
-
-	pkcs7 = pkcs7_parse_message(raw_pkcs7, pkcs7_len);
-	if (IS_ERR(pkcs7))
-		return PTR_ERR(pkcs7);
-
-	/* The data should be detached - so we need to supply it. */
-	if (pkcs7_supply_detached_data(pkcs7, mod, modlen) < 0) {
-		pr_err("PKCS#7 signature with non-detached data\n");
-		ret = -EBADMSG;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	ret = pkcs7_verify(pkcs7);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto error;
-
-	ret = pkcs7_validate_trust(pkcs7, system_trusted_keyring, &trusted);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto error;
-
-	if (!trusted) {
-		pr_err("PKCS#7 signature not signed with a trusted key\n");
-		ret = -ENOKEY;
-	}
-
-error:
-	pkcs7_free_message(pkcs7);
-	pr_devel("<==%s() = %d\n", __func__, ret);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Verify the signature on a module.
  */
@@ -114,5 +72,5 @@ int mod_verify_sig(const void *mod, unsigned long *_modlen)
 		return -EBADMSG;
 	}
 
-	return mod_verify_pkcs7(mod, modlen, mod + modlen, sig_len);
+	return system_verify_data(mod, modlen, mod + modlen, sig_len);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/system_keyring.c b/kernel/system_keyring.c
index 4cda71ee51c7a1171c8ebccf1a791164173b077f..95f2dcbc761626dfad3f61d48ce6073396576a21 100644
--- a/kernel/system_keyring.c
+++ b/kernel/system_keyring.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <keys/asymmetric-type.h>
 #include <keys/system_keyring.h>
+#include <crypto/pkcs7.h>
 
 struct key *system_trusted_keyring;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_trusted_keyring);
@@ -103,3 +104,52 @@ static __init int load_system_certificate_list(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall(load_system_certificate_list);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+
+/**
+ * Verify a PKCS#7-based signature on system data.
+ * @data: The data to be verified.
+ * @len: Size of @data.
+ * @raw_pkcs7: The PKCS#7 message that is the signature.
+ * @pkcs7_len: The size of @raw_pkcs7.
+ */
+int system_verify_data(const void *data, unsigned long len,
+		       const void *raw_pkcs7, size_t pkcs7_len)
+{
+	struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7;
+	bool trusted;
+	int ret;
+
+	pkcs7 = pkcs7_parse_message(raw_pkcs7, pkcs7_len);
+	if (IS_ERR(pkcs7))
+		return PTR_ERR(pkcs7);
+
+	/* The data should be detached - so we need to supply it. */
+	if (pkcs7_supply_detached_data(pkcs7, data, len) < 0) {
+		pr_err("PKCS#7 signature with non-detached data\n");
+		ret = -EBADMSG;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	ret = pkcs7_verify(pkcs7);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	ret = pkcs7_validate_trust(pkcs7, system_trusted_keyring, &trusted);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	if (!trusted) {
+		pr_err("PKCS#7 signature not signed with a trusted key\n");
+		ret = -ENOKEY;
+	}
+
+error:
+	pkcs7_free_message(pkcs7);
+	pr_devel("<==%s() = %d\n", __func__, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_verify_data);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION */