Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] ima: Support platform keyring for kernel appraisal

[Thiago Jung Bauermann]

Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On secure boot enabled systems, the bootloader verifies the kernel
> image and possibly the initramfs signatures based on a set of keys. A
> soft reboot(kexec) of the system, with the same kernel image and
> initramfs, requires access to the original keys to verify the
> signatures.
>
> This patch allows IMA-appraisal access to those original keys, now
> loaded on the platform keyring, needed for verifying the kernel image
> and initramfs signatures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> - replace 'rc' with 'xattr_len' when calling integrity_digsig_verify()
> with INTEGRITY_KEYRING_IMA for readability
> Suggested-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog:
>
> v2:
> - replace 'rc' with 'xattr_len' when calling integrity_digsig_verify()
> with INTEGRITY_KEYRING_IMA for readability
>
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

With the change to only access the platform keyring when it is enabled:

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center