linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] ima: Support platform keyring for kernel appraisal

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Date:   Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:19:56 -0200
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ux.ibm.com,
        dhowells@...hat.com, jforbes@...hat.com,
        seth.forshee@...onical.com, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, vgoyal@...hat.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        mpe@...erman.id.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] ima: Support platform keyring for kernel appraisal


Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com> writes:

> On secure boot enabled systems, the bootloader verifies the kernel
> image and possibly the initramfs signatures based on a set of keys. A
> soft reboot(kexec) of the system, with the same kernel image and
> initramfs, requires access to the original keys to verify the
> signatures.
>
> This patch allows IMA-appraisal access to those original keys, now
> loaded on the platform keyring, needed for verifying the kernel image
> and initramfs signatures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> - replace 'rc' with 'xattr_len' when calling integrity_digsig_verify()
> with INTEGRITY_KEYRING_IMA for readability
> Suggested-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
>
> v2:
> - replace 'rc' with 'xattr_len' when calling integrity_digsig_verify()
> with INTEGRITY_KEYRING_IMA for readability
>
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

With the change to only access the platform keyring when it is enabled:

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center