Re: [PATCH v7 0/7] ima: kexec: measure events between kexec load and execute

[Mimi Zohar]

Hi Steven,

I'm ignoring this version of v7.  Please remember to update the version to v8 before re-
posting and update the change log.

thanks,

Mimi

On Tue, 2025-02-18 at 09:20 -0800, steven chen wrote:
> The current kernel behavior is IMA measurements snapshot is taken at
> kexec 'load' and not at kexec 'execute'.  IMA log is then carried
> over to the new kernel after kexec 'execute'.
> 
> New events can be measured during/after the IMA log snapshot at kexec 
> 'load' and before the system boots to the new kernel.  In this scenario,
> the TPM PCRs are extended with these events, but they are not carried
> over to the new kernel after kexec soft reboot since the snapshot is
> already taken.  This results in mismatch between TPM PCR quotes and the
> actual IMA measurements list after kexec soft reboot, which in turn
> results in remote attestation failure.
> 
> To solve this problem - 
>  - allocate the necessary buffer at kexec 'load' time,
>  - populate the buffer with the IMA measurements at kexec 'execute' time, 
>  - and measure two new IMA events 'kexec_load' and 'kexec_execute' as
>    critical data to help detect missing events after kexec soft reboot.


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> Change Log v7:
>  - Incorporated feedback from the community (Stefan Berger, Tyler Hicks) 
>    on v6 of this series[8].
>  - Verified all the patches are bisect-safe by booting into each
>    patch and verifying multiple kexec 'load' operations work,
>    and also verifying kexec soft reboot works, and IMA log gets
>    carried over for each patch.