On 10/23/19 8:47 PM, Nayna Jain wrote:
Hi Nayna,
process_buffer_measurement() is limited to measuring the kexec boot
command line. This patch makes process_buffer_measurement() more
generic, allowing it to measure other types of buffer data (e.g.
blacklisted binary hashes or key hashes).
Now that process_buffer_measurement() is being made generic to measure
any buffer, it would be good to add a tag to indicate what type of
buffer is being measured.
For example, if the buffer is kexec command line the log could look like:
"kexec_cmdline: <command line data>"
Similarly, if the buffer is blacklisted binary hash:
"blacklist hash: <data>".
If the buffer is key hash:
"<name of the keyring>: key data".
This would greatly help the consumer of the IMA log to know the type of
data represented in each IMA log entry.
thanks,
-lakshmi