Re: [PATCH v6] ima: move APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM dependency on ARCH_POLICY to runtime

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On Mon, 2020-07-20 at 10:40 -0400, Nayna wrote:
> On 7/13/20 12:48 PM, Bruno Meneguele wrote:
> > The IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM config allows enabling different "ima_appraise="
> > modes - log, fix, enforce - at run time, but not when IMA architecture
> > specific policies are enabled.  This prevents properly labeling the
> > filesystem on systems where secure boot is supported, but not enabled on the
> > platform.  Only when secure boot is actually enabled should these IMA
> > appraise modes be disabled.
> >
> > This patch removes the compile time dependency and makes it a runtime
> > decision, based on the secure boot state of that platform.
> >
> > Test results as follows:
> >
> > -> x86-64 with secure boot enabled
> >
> > [    0.015637] Kernel command line: <...> ima_policy=appraise_tcb ima_appraise=fix
> > [    0.015668] ima: Secure boot enabled: ignoring ima_appraise=fix boot parameter option
> >

Is it common to have two colons in the same line?  Is the colon being
used as a delimiter when parsing the kernel logs?  Should the second
colon be replaced with a hyphen?  (No need to repost.  I'll fix it
up.)
 

> > -> powerpc with secure boot disabled
> >
> > [    0.000000] Kernel command line: <...> ima_policy=appraise_tcb ima_appraise=fix
> > [    0.000000] Secure boot mode disabled
> >
> > -> Running the system without secure boot and with both options set:
> >
> > CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM=y
> > CONFIG_IMA_ARCH_POLICY=y
> >
> > Audit prompts "missing-hash" but still allow execution and, consequently,
> > filesystem labeling:
> >
> > type=INTEGRITY_DATA msg=audit(07/09/2020 12:30:27.778:1691) : pid=4976
> > uid=root auid=root ses=2
> > subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 op=appraise_data
> > cause=missing-hash comm=bash name=/usr/bin/evmctl dev="dm-0" ino=493150
> > res=no
> >
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: d958083a8f64 ("x86/ima: define arch_get_ima_policy() for x86")
> > Signed-off-by: Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nayna Jain<nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Nayna Jain<nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Nayna.

Mimi




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