Commit b65a9cfc2c38 ("Untangling ima mess, part 2: deal with counters") moved the call of ima_file_check() from may_open() to do_filp_open() at a point where the file descriptor is already opened. This breaks the assumption made by IMA that file descriptors being closed belong to files whose access was granted by ima_file_check(). The consequence is that security.ima and security.evm are updated with good values, regardless of the current appraisal status. For example, if a file does not have security.ima, IMA will create it after opening the file for writing, even if access is denied. Access to the file will be allowed afterwards. Avoid this issue by checking the appraisal status before updating security.ima. Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c index 285a53452fb5..1b2236e637ff 100644 --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c @@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ void ima_update_xattr(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint, struct file *file) if (iint->flags & IMA_DIGSIG) return; + if (iint->ima_file_status != INTEGRITY_PASS) + return; + rc = ima_collect_measurement(iint, file, NULL, 0, ima_hash_algo); if (rc < 0) return; -- 2.11.0