[PATCH v15 10/10] arm64: Add IMA log information in kimage used for kexec
Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
nramas at linux.microsoft.com
Wed Jan 27 23:05:21 EST 2021
On 1/27/21 3:13 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 01:31:02PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>> On Wed, 2021-01-27 at 10:24 -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>> On 1/27/21 10:02 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 09:56:53AM -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>>>> On 1/27/21 8:54 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 09:30:17AM -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>>>>>> Address and size of the buffer containing the IMA measurement log need
>>>>>>> to be passed from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Add address and size fields to "struct kimage_arch" for ARM64 platform
>>>>>>> to hold the address and size of the IMA measurement log buffer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Update CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE to select CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC, if CONFIG_IMA
>>>>>>> is enabled, to indicate that the IMA measurement log information is
>>>>>>> present in the device tree for ARM64.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva at linux.microsoft.com>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva at linux.microsoft.com>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas at linux.microsoft.com>
>>>>>>> Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at linux.ibm.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
>>>>>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h | 5 +++++
>>>>>>> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>>>>>> index 1d466addb078..ea7f7fe3dccd 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
>>>>>>> @@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ config KEXEC
>>>>>>> config KEXEC_FILE
>>>>>>> bool "kexec file based system call"
>>>>>>> select KEXEC_CORE
>>>>>>> + select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC if IMA
>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>> This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
>>>>>>> file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
>>>>>>> index d24b527e8c00..2bd19ccb6c43 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
>>>>>>> @@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ struct kimage_arch {
>>>>>>> void *elf_headers;
>>>>>>> unsigned long elf_headers_mem;
>>>>>>> unsigned long elf_headers_sz;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>>>>>>> + phys_addr_t ima_buffer_addr;
>>>>>>> + size_t ima_buffer_size;
>>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why do these need to be in the arch structure instead of 'struct kimage'?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently, only powerpc and, with this patch set, arm64 have support for
>>>>> carrying forward IMA measurement list across kexec system call. The above
>>>>> fields are used for tracking IMA measurement list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you see a reason to move these fields to "struct kimage"?
>>>>
>>>> If they're gated on CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC, then it seems harmless for them to
>>>> be added to the shared structure. Or are you saying that there are
>>>> architectures which have CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC but do not want these fields?
>>>>
>>>
>>> As far as I know, there are no other architectures that define
>>> CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC, but do not use these fields.
>>
>> Yes, CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC enables "carrying the IMA measurement list across
>> a soft boot". The only arch that currently carries the IMA
>> measurement across kexec is powerpc.
>
> Ok, in which case this sounds like it should be in the shared structure, no?
>
Ok - I'll move the IMA kexec buffer fields from "struct kimage_arch" to
"struct kimage" for both powerpc and arm64.
thanks,
-lakshmi
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