linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] ima: support fs-verity file digest based signatures

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Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:56:25 -0800
From:   Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ima: support fs-verity file digest based signatures

Hi Mimi,

On 11/29/2021 9:00 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Instead of calculating a file hash and verifying the signature stored
> in the security.ima xattr against the calculated file hash, verify the
> signature of the fs-verity's file digest.  The fs-verity file digest is
> a hash that includes the Merkle tree root hash.
This patch is reading the fs-verity signature for the given file using 
the new function fsverity_measure() that was defined in [Patch 1/4]. Is 
it also verifying the fs-verity signature here?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> index 179c7f0364c2..ee1701f8c0f3 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>   #include <linux/xattr.h>
>   #include <linux/evm.h>
>   #include <linux/iversion.h>
> +#include <linux/fsverity.h>
>   
>   #include "ima.h"
>   
> @@ -205,6 +206,23 @@ int ima_get_action(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
>   				allowed_algos);
>   }
>   
> +static int ima_collect_verity_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
> +					  struct ima_digest_data *hash)
> +{
> +	u8 verity_digest[FS_VERITY_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
> +	enum hash_algo verity_alg;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	rc = fsverity_measure(iint->inode, verity_digest, &verity_alg);
nit: fsverity_collect_measurement() may be more appropriate for this 
function (defined in [PATCH 1/4]).

thanks,
  -lakshmi

> +	if (rc)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (hash->algo != verity_alg)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	hash->length = hash_digest_size[verity_alg];
> +	memcpy(hash->digest, verity_digest, hash->length);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * ima_collect_measurement - collect file measurement
>    *
> @@ -256,6 +274,8 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
>   
>   	if (buf)
>   		result = ima_calc_buffer_hash(buf, size, &hash.hdr);
> +	else if (veritysig)
> +		result = ima_collect_verity_measurement(iint, &hash.hdr);
>   	else
>   		result = ima_calc_file_hash(file, &hash.hdr);
>   
>