diff --git a/README b/README
index 73b38a1f35ba..d8b8f404534b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ COMMANDS
ima_sign [--sigfile] [--key key] [--pass password] file
ima_verify file
ima_hash file
- ima_measurement [--validate] [--verify] [--verify-sig [--key "key1, key2, ..."]] [--pcrs [hash-algorithm,]file [--pcrs hash-algorithm,file] ...] file
+ ima_measurement [--validate] [--verify-sig [--key "key1, key2, ..."]] [--pcrs [hash-algorithm,]file [--pcrs hash-algorithm,file] ...] file
ima_fix [-t fdsxm] path
sign_hash [--key key] [--pass password]
hmac [--imahash | --imasig ] file
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ OPTIONS
--engine e preload OpenSSL engine e (such as: gost)
--pcrs file containing TPM pcrs, one per hash-algorithm/bank
--validate ignore ToMToU measurement violations
- --verify verify the template data digest
--verify-sig verify the file signature based on the file hash, both
stored in the template data.
-v increase verbosity level
diff --git a/src/evmctl.c b/src/evmctl.c
index 448e4a9c8d78..b4d2333fb880 100644
--- a/src/evmctl.c
+++ b/src/evmctl.c
@@ -1393,7 +1393,6 @@ struct template_entry {
static uint8_t zero[MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
static int validate = 0;
-static int verify = 0;
static int ima_verify_template_hash(struct template_entry *entry)
{
@@ -1945,7 +1944,7 @@ static int ima_measurement(const char *file)
struct template_entry entry = { .template = 0 };
FILE *fp;
- int verified_template_digest = 0;
+ int invalid_template_digest = 0;
int err_padded = -1;
int err = -1;
@@ -2075,11 +2074,9 @@ static int ima_measurement(const char *file)
pseudo_padded_banks);
/* Recalculate and verify template data digest */
- if (verify) {
- err = ima_verify_template_hash(&entry);
- if (err)
- verified_template_digest = 1;
- }
+ err = ima_verify_template_hash(&entry);
+ if (err)
+ invalid_template_digest = 1;
if (is_ima_template)
ima_show(&entry);
@@ -2116,7 +2113,7 @@ static int ima_measurement(const char *file)
log_info("Failed to match per TPM bank or SHA1 padded TPM digest(s).\n");
}
- if (verified_template_digest) {
+ if (invalid_template_digest) {
log_info("Failed to verify template data digest.\n");
err = 1;
}
@@ -2486,7 +2483,7 @@ struct command cmds[] = {
{"ima_verify", cmd_verify_ima, 0, "file", "Verify IMA signature (for debugging).\n"},
{"ima_setxattr", cmd_setxattr_ima, 0, "[--sigfile file]", "Set IMA signature from sigfile\n"},
{"ima_hash", cmd_hash_ima, 0, "file", "Make file content hash.\n"},
- {"ima_measurement", cmd_ima_measurement, 0, "[--validate] [--verify] [--verify-sig [--key key1, key2, ...]] [--pcrs [hash-algorithm,]file [--pcrs hash-algorithm,file] ...] file", "Verify measurement list (experimental).\n"},
+ {"ima_measurement", cmd_ima_measurement, 0, "[--validate] [--verify-sig [--key key1, key2, ...]] [--pcrs [hash-algorithm,]file [--pcrs hash-algorithm,file] ...] file", "Verify measurement list (experimental).\n"},
{"ima_boot_aggregate", cmd_ima_bootaggr, 0, "[file]", "Calculate per TPM bank boot_aggregate digests\n"},
{"ima_fix", cmd_ima_fix, 0, "[-t fdsxm] path", "Recursively fix IMA/EVM xattrs in fix mode.\n"},
{"ima_clear", cmd_ima_clear, 0, "[-t fdsxm] path", "Recursively remove IMA/EVM xattrs.\n"},
@@ -2526,8 +2523,7 @@ static struct option opts[] = {
{"engine", 1, 0, 139},
{"xattr-user", 0, 0, 140},
{"validate", 0, 0, 141},
- {"verify", 0, 0, 142},
- {"pcrs", 1, 0, 143},
+ {"pcrs", 1, 0, 142},
{}
};
@@ -2709,10 +2705,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
case 141: /* --validate */
validate = 1;
break;
- case 142: /* --verify */
- verify = 1;
- break;
- case 143:
+ case 142:
if (npcrfile >= MAX_PCRFILE) {
log_err("too many --pcrfile options\n");
exit(1);