linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 12/12] ima: Store the measurement again when appraising a modsig

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Message-Id: <1559052560.4090.14.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 10:09:20 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "AKASHI, Takahiro" <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 12/12] ima: Store the measurement again when
 appraising a modsig

Hi Thiago,

On Thu, 2019-04-18 at 00:51 -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> If the IMA template contains the "modsig" or "d-modsig" field, then the
> modsig should be added to the measurement list when the file is appraised.
> 
> And that is what normally happens, but if a measurement rule caused a file
> containing a modsig to be measured before a different rule causes it to be
> appraised, the resulting measurement entry will not contain the modsig
> because it is only fetched during appraisal. When the appraisal rule
> triggers, it won't store a new measurement containing the modsig because
> the file was already measured.
> 
> We need to detect that situation and store an additional measurement with
> the modsig. This is done by adding an IMA_MEASURE action flag if we read a
> modsig and the IMA template contains a modsig field.

With the new per policy rule "template" support being added, this
patch needs to be modified so that the per policy "template" format is
checked.  ima_template_has_modsig() should be called with the
template_desc being used.

thanks,

Mimi


> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> index 8e6475854351..f91ed4189f98 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> @@ -282,9 +282,17 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,
>  		/* read 'security.ima' */
>  		xattr_len = ima_read_xattr(file_dentry(file), &xattr_value);
>  
> -		/* Read the appended modsig if allowed by the policy. */
> -		if (iint->flags & IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED)
> -			ima_read_modsig(func, buf, size, &modsig);
> +		/*
> +		 * Read the appended modsig, if allowed by the policy, and allow
> +		 * an additional measurement list entry, if needed, based on the
> +		 * template format.
> +		 */
> +		if (iint->flags & IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED) {
> +			rc = ima_read_modsig(func, buf, size, &modsig);
> +
> +			if (!rc && ima_template_has_modsig())
> +				action |= IMA_MEASURE;
> +		}
>