Re: [PATCH 06/24] kexec_load: Disable at runtime if the kernel is locked down

[Mimi Zohar]

On Wed, 2018-04-11 at 16:09 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-04-11 at 14:00 -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> > > From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > The kexec_load() syscall permits the loading and execution of arbitrary
> > > code in ring 0, which is something that lock-down is meant to prevent. It
> > > makes sense to disable kexec_load() in this situation.
> > >
> > > This does not affect kexec_file_load() syscall which can check for a
> > > signature on the image to be booted.
> > 
> > Maybing I am missing it but I am not seeing anything that would require
> > kexec_file_load be configured such that it checks the loaded kernel.
> > 
> > Without that I don't see the point of disabling kexec_load.
> > 
> > Nacked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The IMA "secure boot" policy requires the kexec image to be signed.
> ÂThis call to kernel_is_locked_down() could be replaced with a call
> toÂsecurity_kernel_read_file(NULL, READING_KEXEC_IMAGE).
> 
> It would be similar to the existing init_module syscall calling
> security_kernel_read_file().

David, enabling the IMA-appraisal "secure boot" policy should probably
not be dependent on lockdown either.

Mimi