Re: [RFC PATCH 12/12] IMA: Use the the system trusted keyrings instead of .ima_mok [ver #2]

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Tue Mar 08 2016 - 09:13:55 EST


On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 13:08 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Only certificates signed by a key on the system keyring were added to
> > the IMA keyring, unless IMA_MOK_KEYRING was configured. Then, the
> > certificate could be signed by a either a key on the system or ima_mok
> > keyrings. To replicate this behavior, the default behavior should be to
> > only permit certificates signed by a key on the builtin keyring, unless
> > this new Kconfig is enabled. Only then, permit certificates signed by a
> > key on either the builtin or secondary keyrings to be added to the IMA
> > keyring.
>
> How about I change it to a choice-type item, with the following options:
>
> (1) No addition.
>
> (2) Addition restricted by built-in keyring.
>
> (3) Addition restricted by secondary keyring + built-in keyring.
>
> where the second and third options then depend on the appropriate keyrings
> being enabled.

So option 1 is where IMA-appraisal is configured, but neither the
builtin nor the secondary keys are enabled. This would be the
equivalent of having a set of "builtin" keys loaded directly onto the
IMA keyring, without the ability of adding additional keys.

Ok, I'm fine this solution.

thanks,

Mimi