linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V8 3/3] Call ima_kexec_cmdline to measure the cmdline args

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1560457204.4805.72.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:20:04 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva02@...il.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     roberto.sassu@...wei.com, vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 3/3] Call ima_kexec_cmdline to measure the cmdline
 args

On Wed, 2019-06-12 at 15:15 -0700, Prakhar Srivastava wrote:
> During soft reboot(kexec_file_load) boot cmdline args

Any reason for not spelling it out and using the "boot command line"?

> are not measured.Thus the new kernel on load boots with
> an assumption of cold reboot.

Double spaces after a period.

What does "boots with an assumption of cold reboot" mean?  Not all
systems are booted the same way.  Is this comment relevant?

> 
> This patch makes a call to the ima hook ima_kexec_cmdline,
> added in "Define a new IMA hook to measure the boot command
> line arguments"

"added in ..." is unnecessry.

> to measure the boot cmdline args into the ima log.

^IMA measurement list.

Mimi