Re: [PATCH v8 2/5] IMA: Define an IMA hook to measure keys

[Mimi Zohar]

On Wed, 2019-11-20 at 15:40 -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> On 11/20/2019 3:28 PM, Eric Snowberg wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> > 
> > Iâm interested in using this patch series, however I get the following on every boot:
> 
> > [    1.222749] Call Trace:
> > [    1.223344]  ? crypto_destroy_tfm+0x5f/0xb0
> > [    1.224315]  ima_get_action+0x2c/0x30
> > [    1.225148]  process_buffer_measurement+0x1da/0x230
> > [    1.226306]  ima_post_key_create_or_update+0x3b/0x40
> 
> This is happening because IMA is not yet initialized when the IMA hook 
> is called.
> 
> I had the following check in process_buffer_measurement() as part of my 
> patch, but removed it since it is being upstreamed separately (by Mimi)
> 
>   if (!ima_policy_flag)
>   	return;

Did you post it as a separate patch? ÂI can't seem to find it.

Mimi

> 
> Until this change is in, please add the above line locally on entry to 
> process_buffer_measurement() to get around the issue.
> 
> thanks,
>   -lakshmi