Re: [PATCH v2] x86/ima: require signed kernel modules

[Matthew Garrett]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 2:34 PM Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2019-03-07 at 14:27 -0800, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:18 AM Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA_ARCH_POLICY) && arch_ima_get_secureboot())
> > > +       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA_ARCH_POLICY) && arch_ima_get_secureboot()) {
> > > +               if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG))
> > > +                       set_module_sig_enforced();
> > >                 return sb_arch_rules;
> >
> > Linus previously pushed back on having the lockdown features
> > automatically enabled on secure boot systems. Why are we doing the
> > same in IMA?
>
> IMA-appraisal is extending the "secure boot" concept to the running
> system.

Right, but how is this different to what Linus was objecting to?