linux-kernel - [PATCH] ima: define an init

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:00:19 -0400
From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ken Goldman <kgold@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ima: define an init_module critical data record

The init_module syscall loads an ELF image into kernel space without
measuring the buffer containing the ELF image.  To close this kernel
module integrity gap, define a new critical-data record which includes
the hash of the ELF image.

Instead of including the buffer data in the IMA measurement list,
include the hash of the buffer data to avoid large IMA measurement
list records.  The buffer data hash would be the same value as the
finit_module syscall file hash.

To enable measuring the init_module buffer and other critical data from
boot, define "ima_policy=critical_data" on the boot command line.  Since
builtin policies are not persistent, a custom IMA policy must include
the rule as well: measure func=CRITICAL_DATA label=modules

To verify the template data hash value, first convert the buffer data
hash to binary:
grep "init_module" \
	/sys/kernel/security/integrity/ima/ascii_runtime_measurements | \
	tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f 6 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum

Reported-by: Ken Goldman <kgold@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index c84e8c55333d..4b4348d681a6 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -902,6 +902,13 @@ static int ima_post_load_data(char *buf, loff_t size,
 		return 0;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * Measure the init_module syscall buffer containing the ELF image.
+	 */
+	if (load_id == LOADING_MODULE)
+		ima_measure_critical_data("modules", "init_module",
+					  buf, size, true, NULL, 0);
+
 	return 0;
 }

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