Am Dienstag, 09 August 2016, 09:01:13 schrieb Mimi Zohar:
> On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 20:59 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> > > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > index b5728da..84e8d36 100644
> > > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > @@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ struct ima_queue_entry {
> > >
> > > };
> > > extern struct list_head ima_measurements; /* list of all
measurements
> > > */
> > >
> > > +/* Some details preceding the binary serialized measurement list */
> > > +struct ima_kexec_hdr {
> > > + unsigned short version;
> > > + unsigned long buffer_size;
> > > + unsigned long count;
> > > +} __packed;
> > > +
> >
> > Am I understanding it correctly that this structure is passed between
> > kernels?
> Yes, the header prefixes the measurement list, which is being passed on
> the same computer to the next kernel. Could the architecture (eg.
> LE/BE) change between soft re-boots?
Yes. I am able to boot a BE kernel from an LE kernel with my patches.
Whether we want to support that or not is another question...
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center
