linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ima: Add ima_validate_range() for previous kernel IMA buffer

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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:29:32 +0530
From: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ima: Add ima_validate_range() for previous kernel
 IMA buffer

Hi Mimi,

On 31/12/25 02:05, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Hi Harshit,
> 

Thanks for reviewing.

> The subject line could be written at a higher level.  Perhaps base it on the
> ima_validate_range() function comment "verify a physical buffer lies in
> addressable RAM" (e.g. ima: verify the previous kernel's IMA buffer lies in
> addressable RAM).
>

Sure, will do. Thanks for the suggestion.

Regards,
Harshit

> On Mon, 2025-12-29 at 00:15 -0800, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
>> When the second-stage kernel is booted with a limiting command line
>> (e.g. "mem=<size>"), the IMA measurement buffer handed over from the
>> previous kernel may fall outside the addressable RAM of the new kernel.
>> Accessing such a buffer can fault during early restore.
>>
>> Introduce a small generic helper, ima_validate_range(), which verifies
>> that a physical [start, end] range for the previous-kernel IMA buffer
>> lies within addressable memory:
>> 	- On x86, use pfn_range_is_mapped().
>> 	- On OF based architectures, use page_is_ram().
>>
>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>
>