linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] powerpc/kexec_file: Add KEXEC

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Message-ID: <cff97dbe262919ff709a5ad2c4af6a702cc72a95.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:59:57 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
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        Nayna <nayna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
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        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] powerpc/kexec_file: Add KEXEC_SIG support.

Hi Michal,

On Tue, 2022-01-11 at 12:37 +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index dea74d7717c0..1cde9b6c5987 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -560,6 +560,22 @@ config KEXEC_FILE
>  config ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
>         def_bool KEXEC_FILE
>  
> +config KEXEC_SIG
> +       bool "Verify kernel signature during kexec_file_load() syscall"
> +       depends on KEXEC_FILE && MODULE_SIG_FORMAT
> +       help
> +         This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for
> +         the kexec_file_load() syscall.

When KEXEC_SIG is enabled on other architectures, IMA does not define a
kexec 'appraise' policy rule.  Refer to the policy rules in
security/ima/ima_efi.c.  Similarly the kexec 'appraise' policy rule in
arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_policy.c should not be defined.

-- 
thanks,

Mimi