linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 6/8] ima: kexec: move IMA log copy from kexec load to execute

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Message-ID: <3d7b5e06-5166-46bb-89dc-a0b95ca7c767@linux.microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:23:26 -0700
From: steven chen <chenste@...ux.microsoft.com>
To: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc: zohar@...ux.ibm.com, stefanb@...ux.ibm.com,
 roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com, roberto.sassu@...wei.com,
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 code@...icks.com, bauermann@...abnow.com, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
 kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com,
 nramas@...ux.microsoft.com, James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 6/8] ima: kexec: move IMA log copy from kexec load to
 execute

On 3/19/2025 7:06 PM, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 03/17/25 at 06:04pm, steven chen wrote:
> ...snip...
>> ---
>>   kernel/kexec_file.c                | 10 ++++++
>>   security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>>   2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
>> index 606132253c79..ab449b43aaee 100644
>> --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
>> @@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ kimage_validate_signature(struct kimage *image)
>>   }
>>   #endif
>>   
>> +static void kimage_file_post_load(struct kimage *image)
>> +{
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>> +	ima_kexec_post_load(image);
>> +#endif
>> +}
>> +
>>   /*
>>    * In file mode list of segments is prepared by kernel. Copy relevant
>>    * data from user space, do error checking, prepare segment list
>> @@ -428,6 +435,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(kexec_file_load, int, kernel_fd, int, initrd_fd,
>>   
>>   	kimage_terminate(image);
>>   
>> +	if (!(flags & KEXEC_FILE_ON_CRASH))
>> +		kimage_file_post_load(image);
> machine_kexec_post_load() is called by both kexec_load and kexec_file_load,
> we should use it to do things post load, but not introducing another
> kimage_file_post_load().

Hi Baoquan,

Could you give me more detail about this?

Thanks,

Steven

>
>> +
>>   	ret = machine_kexec_post_load(image);
>>   	if (ret)
>>   		goto out;
> ...snip...