[PATCH 02/10] ima: implement function to populate buffer at kexec execute

Mimi Zohar zohar at linux.ibm.com
Fri Jul 7 06:00:40 PDT 2023


Hi Tushar,

On Mon, 2023-07-03 at 14:57 -0700, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:
> There is no existing IMA functionality to just populate the buffer at
> kexec execute with IMA measurements.

The same function that copies the measurement list at kexec 'load',
could be re-used at kexec 'exec'.   Why is a new function that is very
similar to the existing ima_dump_measurement_list() needed?

> 
> Implement a function to iterate over ima_measurements and populate the
> ima_kexec_file buffer.  After the loop, populate ima_khdr with buffer
> details (version, buffer size, number of measurements).  Copy the ima_khdr
> data into ima_kexec_file.buf and update buffer_size and buffer.
> 
> 
> The patch assumes that the ima_kexec_file.size is sufficient to hold all
> the measurements.  It returns an error and does not handle scenarios where
> additional space might be needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu at linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> index 48a683874044..858b67689701 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> @@ -62,6 +62,58 @@ static int ima_allocate_buf_at_kexec_load(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static int ima_populate_buf_at_kexec_execute(unsigned long *buffer_size, void **buffer)
> +{
> +	struct ima_queue_entry *qe;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Ensure the kexec buffer is large enough to hold ima_khdr
> +	 */
> +	if (ima_kexec_file.size < sizeof(ima_khdr)) {
> +		pr_err("%s: Kexec buffer size too low to hold ima_khdr\n",
> +			__func__);
> +		ima_clear_kexec_file();
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry_rcu(qe, &ima_measurements, later) {
> +		if (ima_kexec_file.count < ima_kexec_file.size) {
> +			ima_khdr.count++;
> +			ima_measurements_show(&ima_kexec_file, qe);
> +		} else {
> +			ret = -ENOMEM;
> +			pr_err("%s: Kexec ima_measurements buffer too small\n",
> +				__func__);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * fill in reserved space with some buffer details
> +	 * (eg. version, buffer size, number of measurements)
> +	 */
> +	ima_khdr.buffer_size = ima_kexec_file.count;
> +	if (ima_canonical_fmt) {
> +		ima_khdr.version = cpu_to_le16(ima_khdr.version);
> +		ima_khdr.count = cpu_to_le64(ima_khdr.count);
> +		ima_khdr.buffer_size = cpu_to_le64(ima_khdr.buffer_size);
> +	}
> +
> +	memcpy(ima_kexec_file.buf, &ima_khdr, sizeof(ima_khdr));
> +	*buffer_size = ima_kexec_file.count;
> +	*buffer = ima_kexec_file.buf;
> +
> +out:
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		ima_clear_kexec_file();
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> b+
>  static int ima_dump_measurement_list(unsigned long *buffer_size, void **buffer,
>  				     unsigned long segment_size)
>  {

-- 
thanks,

Mimi




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