Re: [PATCH 2/4] KEYS: Call the IMA hook to measure keys

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Tue Jan 07 2020 - 17:52:04 EST


On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 11:43 -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Call the IMA hook from key_create_or_update() function to measure
> the payload when a new key is created or an existing key is updated.
>
> This patch adds the call to the IMA hook from key_create_or_update()
> function to measure the key on key create or update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> # ima_asymmetric_keys.c
> is built as a kernel module when it is actually not.
> Fixes: cb1aa3823c92 ("KEYS: Call the IMA hook to measure keys")

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Mimi