linux-kernel - [PATCH-v4 1/5] ima: added error messages to template-related functions

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Message-Id: <1413202125-7062-2-git-send-email-roberto.sassu@polito.it>
Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:08:38 +0200
From:	Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...ito.it>
To:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ima-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, zohar@...ibm.com,
	d.kasatkin@...sung.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
	Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...ito.it>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH-v4 1/5] ima: added error messages to template-related functions

This patch adds some error messages to inform users about the following
events: template descriptor not found, invalid template descriptor,
template field not found and template initialization failed.

Changelog:
 - v2:
   - display an error message if the format string contains too many
     fields (Roberto Sassu)

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...ito.it>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
index e854862..1310afc 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ static int __init ima_template_setup(char *str)
 	 * If not, use CONFIG_IMA_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE.
 	 */
 	template_desc = lookup_template_desc(str);
-	if (!template_desc)
+	if (!template_desc) {
+		pr_err("template %s not found, using %s\n",
+		       str, CONFIG_IMA_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE);
 		return 1;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Verify whether the current hash algorithm is supported
@@ -117,8 +120,11 @@ static int template_desc_init_fields(const char *template_fmt,
 	int template_num_fields = template_fmt_size(template_fmt);
 	int i, result = 0;
 
-	if (template_num_fields > IMA_TEMPLATE_NUM_FIELDS_MAX)
+	if (template_num_fields > IMA_TEMPLATE_NUM_FIELDS_MAX) {
+		pr_err("format string '%s' contains too many fields\n",
+		       template_fmt);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* copying is needed as strsep() modifies the original buffer */
 	template_fmt_copy = kstrdup(template_fmt, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ static int template_desc_init_fields(const char *template_fmt,
 		struct ima_template_field *f = lookup_template_field(c);
 
 		if (!f) {
+			pr_err("field '%s' not found\n", c);
 			result = -ENOENT;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -163,8 +170,13 @@ struct ima_template_desc *ima_template_desc_current(void)
 int __init ima_init_template(void)
 {
 	struct ima_template_desc *template = ima_template_desc_current();
+	int result;
 
-	return template_desc_init_fields(template->fmt,
-					 &(template->fields),
-					 &(template->num_fields));
+	result = template_desc_init_fields(template->fmt,
+					   &(template->fields),
+					   &(template->num_fields));
+	if (result < 0)
+		pr_err("template %s init failed, result: %d\n", template->name);
+
+	return result;
 }
-- 
1.9.3


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