[PATCH v3 7/7] ima: measure kexec load and exec events as critical data
Tushar Sugandhi
tusharsu at linux.microsoft.com
Fri Jan 5 12:22:45 PST 2024
On 12/20/23 12:41, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-12-15 at 17:07 -0800, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:
>> There could be a potential mismatch between IMA measurements and TPM PCR
>> quotes caused by the indeterminate interval between kexec 'load' and
>> 'execute'. Memory allocated at kexec 'load' for IMA log buffer may run
>> out. It can lead to missing events in the IMA log after a soft reboot to
>> the new Kernel, resulting in TPM PCR quotes mismatch and remote
>> attestation failures.
>>
>> Define two new IMA events, 'kexec_load' and 'kexec_execute', to be
>> measured as critical data at kexec 'load' and 'execute' respectively.
>>
>> These events serve as markers in the IMA log to verify the IMA events are
>> captured between kexec 'load' and 'execute' window. The presence of a
>> 'kexec_load' event in between the last two 'boot_aggregate' events in the
>> IMA log implies this is a kexec soft reboot, and not a cold-boot. And the
>> absence of 'kexec_execute' event after kexec soft reboot implies missing
>> events in that window which results in inconsistency with TPM PCR quotes,
>> necessitating a cold boot for further successful remote attestation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu at linux.microsoft.com>
>> ---
>> security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>> index 063da9c834a0..47da41a66dcc 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
>> #include "ima.h"
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>> +#define IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN 128
>> +
>> struct seq_file ima_kexec_file;
>> static void *ima_kexec_buffer;
>> static size_t kexec_segment_size;
>> @@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ void ima_free_kexec_file_buf(struct seq_file *sf)
>>
>> static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>> {
>> + char ima_kexec_event[IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN];
>> +
>> /*
>> * kexec 'load' may be called multiple times.
>> * Free and realloc the buffer only if the segment_size is
>> @@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>> ima_kexec_file.size == segment_size &&
>> ima_kexec_file.read_pos == 0 &&
>> ima_kexec_file.count == sizeof(struct ima_kexec_hdr))
>> - return 0;
>> + goto out;
>>
>> ima_free_kexec_file_buf(&ima_kexec_file);
>>
>> @@ -55,6 +59,13 @@ static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>> ima_kexec_file.read_pos = 0;
>> ima_kexec_file.count = sizeof(struct ima_kexec_hdr); /* reserved space */
>>
>> +out:
>> + scnprintf(ima_kexec_event, IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN,
>> + "kexec_segment_size=%lu;", segment_size);
>> +
>> + ima_measure_critical_data("ima_kexec", "kexec_load", ima_kexec_event,
>> + strlen(ima_kexec_event), false, NULL, 0);
>> +
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -179,6 +190,7 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
>> static int ima_update_kexec_buffer(struct notifier_block *self,
>> unsigned long action, void *data)
>> {
>> + char ima_kexec_event[IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN];
>> void *buf = NULL;
>> size_t buf_size;
>> bool resume = false;
>> @@ -194,6 +206,15 @@ static int ima_update_kexec_buffer(struct notifier_block *self,
>> return ret;
>> }
>>
>> + buf_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size();
>> + scnprintf(ima_kexec_event, IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN,
>> + "kexec_segment_size=%lu;ima_binary_runtime_size=%lu;",
>> + kexec_segment_size, buf_size);
>> +
>> + ima_measure_critical_data("ima_kexec", "kexec_execute",
>> + ima_kexec_event, strlen(ima_kexec_event),
>> + false, NULL, 0);
>> +
>
> Please consider including the number of measurement records as well.
Will do. I think that would be valuable information.
Per my understanding, I will have to use the function
ima_show_measurements_count() or ima_show_htable_value() to get the
number of measurement records value[1]. So I will have to expose that
function from "ima_fs.c" to "ima_kexec.c". Hope that's ok.
[1]
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/sourcesecurity/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
static ssize_t ima_show_measurements_count(struct file *filp,
char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
return ima_show_htable_value(buf, count, ppos, &ima_htable.len);
}
~Tushar
>
>> ima_measurements_suspend();
>>
>> ret = ima_dump_measurement_list(&buf_size, &buf,
>
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