Re: [PATCH 3/4] ima: don't ignore INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN EVM status

[Roberto Sassu]

On 5/20/2019 11:20 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-05-16 at 18:12 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index 52e6fbb042cc..80e1c233656b 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -1588,6 +1588,9 @@
> >   			Format: { "off" | "enforce" | "fix" | "log" }
> >   			default: "enforce"
> >   
> > +	ima_appraise_req_evm
> > +			[IMA] require EVM for appraisal with file digests.
>
> As much as possible we want to limit the number of new boot command
> line options as possible. ÂIs there a reason for not extending
> "ima_appraise=" with "require-evm" or "enforce-evm"?

ima-appraise= can be disabled with CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM, which
probably is done when the system is in production.

Should I allow to use ima-appraise=require-evm even if
CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM=n?

Thanks

Roberto

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