linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/24] kexec_file: Disable at runtime if securelevel has been set

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Date:   Fri, 07 Apr 2017 03:45:01 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
        Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@...e.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, matthew.garrett@...ula.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/24] kexec_file: Disable at runtime if securelevel has
 been set

On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 14:19 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> On 04/06/17 at 11:49pm, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 11:05 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > > On 04/05/17 at 09:15pm, David Howells wrote:
> > > > From: Chun-Yi Lee <joeyli.kernel@...il.com>
> > > > 
> > > > When KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is not enabled, kernel should not loads image
> > > > through kexec_file systemcall if securelevel has been set.
> > > > 
> > > > This code was showed in Matthew's patch but not in git:
> > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/13/778

I specifically checked to make sure that either kexec_file() signature
verification was acceptable and would have commented then, if it had
not been included.

> > > > Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@...e.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > > > cc: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > >  kernel/kexec_file.c |    6 ++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > > > index b118735fea9d..f6937eecd1eb 100644
> > > > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > > > @@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kexec_file_load, int, kernel_fd, int, initrd_fd,
> > > >  	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT) || kexec_load_disabled)
> > > >  		return -EPERM;
> > > >  
> > > > +	/* Don't permit images to be loaded into trusted kernels if we're not
> > > > +	 * going to verify the signature on them
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG) && kernel_is_locked_down())
> > > > +		return -EPERM;
> > > > +
> > > >  
> > 
> > IMA can be used to verify file signatures too, based on the LSM hooks
> > in  kernel_read_file_from_fd().  CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG should not be
> > required.
> 
> Mimi, I remember we talked somthing before about the two signature 
> verification. One can change IMA policy in initramfs userspace,
> also there are kernel cmdline param to disable IMA, so it can break the
> lockdown? Suppose kexec boot with ima disabled cmdline param and then
> kexec reboot again..

Right, we discussed that the same method of measuring the kexec image
and initramfs, for extending trusted boot to the OS, could also be
used for verifying the kexec image and initramfs signatures, for
extending secure boot to the OS.  The file hash would be calculated
once for both.

All of your concerns could be addressed with very minor changes to
IMA.  (Continued in response to David.)

> > 
> > > 	/* Make sure we have a legal set of flags */
> > > >  	if (flags != (flags & KEXEC_FILE_FLAGS))
> > > >  		return -EINVAL;
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > kexec mailing list
> > > > kexec@...ts.infradead.org
> > > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Dave
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