linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.7 03/30] ima: extend boot

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Message-ID: <20201202235307.GX643756@sasha-vm>
Date:   Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:53:07 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Maurizio Drocco <maurizio.drocco@....com>,
        Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@...hat.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.7 03/30] ima: extend boot_aggregate with kernel
 measurements

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 10:13:02PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>On Mon, 2020-11-30 at 19:21 -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 08:17:38AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>> >Hi Sasha,
>> >
>> >On Wed, 2020-07-08 at 21:27 -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>> >> >Hi Sasha,
>> >> >
>> >> >On Wed, 2020-07-08 at 11:40 -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> >> >> From: Maurizio Drocco <maurizio.drocco@....com>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [ Upstream commit 20c59ce010f84300f6c655d32db2610d3433f85c ]
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Registers 8-9 are used to store measurements of the kernel and its
>> >> >> command line (e.g., grub2 bootloader with tpm module enabled). IMA
>> >> >> should include them in the boot aggregate. Registers 8-9 should be
>> >> >> only included in non-SHA1 digests to avoid ambiguity.
>> >> >
>> >> >Prior to Linux 5.8, the SHA1 template data hashes were padded before
>> >> >being extended into the TPM.  Support for calculating and extending
>> >> >the per TPM bank template data digests is only being upstreamed in
>> >> >Linux 5.8.
>> >> >
>> >> >How will attestation servers know whether to include PCRs 8 & 9 in the
>> >> >the boot_aggregate calculation?  Now, there is a direct relationship
>> >> >between the template data SHA1 padded digest not including PCRs 8 & 9,
>> >> >and the new per TPM bank template data digest including them.
>> >>
>> >> Got it, I'll drop it then, thank you!
>> >
>> >After re-thinking this over, I realized that the attestation server can
>> >verify the "boot_aggregate" based on the quoted PCRs without knowing
>> >whether padded SHA1 hashes or per TPM bank hash values were extended
>> >into the TPM[1], but non-SHA1 boot aggregate values [2] should always
>> >include PCRs 8 & 9.
>> >
>> >Any place commit 6f1a1d103b48 was backported [2], this commit
>> >20c59ce010f8 ("ima: extend boot_aggregate with kernel measurements")
>> >should be backported as well.
>>
>> Which kernels should it apply to? 5.7 is EOL now, so I looked at 5.4 but
>> it doesn't apply cleanly there.
>
>For 5.4, both "git cherry-pick" and "git am --3way" for 20c59ce010f8
>seem to work.

You're right, I've grabbed it too. Thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha