linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V10 1/3] IMA: Define a new hook to measure the kexec boot command line arguments

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Message-Id: <1561379967.4340.3.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:39:27 -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 V10 1/3] IMA: Define a new hook to measure the kexec
 boot command line arguments

Hi Prakhar,

On Sun, 2019-06-23 at 23:23 -0700, Prakhar Srivastava wrote:
> Currently during soft reboot(kexec_file_load) boot command line
> arguments are not measured. Define hooks needed to measure kexec
> command line arguments during soft reboot(kexec_file_load).
> 
> - A new ima hook ima_kexec_cmdline is defined to be called by the
> kexec code.
> - A new function process_buffer_measurement is defined to measure
> the buffer hash into the IMA measurement list.
> - A new func policy KEXEC_CMDLINE is defined to control the
>  measurement.[Suggested by Mimi]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva02@...il.com>

Thanks!  This patch set is now queued in the next-queued-testing
branch for any last minute comments or Reviews/Acks, before being
staged in the next-integrity branch.

Mimi