Re: [PATCH 3/5] ima: Fix ima digest hash table key calculation
From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Thu Apr 23 2020 - 12:53:11 EST
On Thu, 2020-04-23 at 10:21 +0000, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > Hi Roberto, Krsysztof,
> >
> > On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 17:11 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > > From: Krzysztof Struczynski <krzysztof.struczynski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Function hash_long() accepts unsigned long, while currently only one byte
> > > is passed from ima_hash_key(), which calculates a key for ima_htable.
> > Use
> > > more bytes to avoid frequent collisions.
> > >
> > > Length of the buffer is not explicitly passed as a function parameter,
> > > because this function expects a digest whose length is greater than the
> > > size of unsigned long.
> >
> > Somehow I missed the original report of this problemÂhttps://lore.kern
> > el.org/patchwork/patch/674684/. ÂThis patch is definitely better, but
> > how many unique keys are actually being used? ÂIs it anywhere near
> > IMA_MEASURE_HTABLE_SIZE(512)?
>
> I did a small test (with 1043 measurements):
>
> slots: 250, max depth: 9 (without the patch)
> slots: 448, max depth: 7 (with the patch)
448 out of 512 slots are used.
>
> Then, I increased the number of bits to 10:
>
> slots: 251, max depth: 9 (without the patch)
> slots: 660, max depth: 4 (with the patch)
660 out of 1024 slots are used.
I wonder if there is any benefit to hashing a digest, instead of just
using the first bits.Â
>
> > Do we need a new securityfs entry to display the number used?
>
> Probably it is useful only if the administrator can decide the number of slots.
The securityfs suggestion was just a means for triggering the above
debugging info you provided. ÂCould you provide another patch with the
debugging info?
thanks,
Mimi