Currently, IMA does not provide a generic function for kernel subsystems
to measure their critical data. Examples of critical data in this context
could be kernel in-memory r/o structures, hash of the memory structures,
or data that represents a linux kernel subsystem state change. The
critical data, if accidentally or maliciously altered, can compromise
the integrity of the system.
A generic function provided by IMA to measure critical data would enable
various subsystems with easier and faster on-boarding to use IMA
infrastructure and would also avoid code duplication.
Add a new IMA func CRITICAL_DATA and a corresponding IMA hook
ima_measure_critical_data() to support measuring critical data for
various kernel subsystems.
Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy | 2 +-
include/linux/ima.h | 8 ++++++
security/integrity/ima/ima.h | 1 +
security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c | 2 +-
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | 2 ++
6 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
index cd572912c593..3de6c774c37e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Description:
base: func:= [BPRM_CHECK][MMAP_CHECK][CREDS_CHECK][FILE_CHECK][MODULE_CHECK]
[FIRMWARE_CHECK]
[KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK] [KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK]
- [KEXEC_CMDLINE] [KEY_CHECK]
+ [KEXEC_CMDLINE] [KEY_CHECK] [CRITICAL_DATA]
mask:= [[^]MAY_READ] [[^]MAY_WRITE] [[^]MAY_APPEND]
[[^]MAY_EXEC]
fsmagic:= hex value
diff --git a/include/linux/ima.h b/include/linux/ima.h
index 8fa7bcfb2da2..60ba073f1575 100644
--- a/include/linux/ima.h
+++ b/include/linux/ima.h
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ extern int ima_post_read_file(struct file *file, void *buf, loff_t size,
extern void ima_post_path_mknod(struct dentry *dentry);
extern int ima_file_hash(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t buf_size);
extern void ima_kexec_cmdline(int kernel_fd, const void *buf, int size);
+extern void ima_measure_critical_data(const char *event_data_source,
+ const char *event_name,
+ const void *buf, int buf_len,
+ bool measure_buf_hash);
#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
extern void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image);
@@ -116,6 +120,10 @@ static inline int ima_file_hash(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
}
static inline void ima_kexec_cmdline(int kernel_fd, const void *buf, int size) {}
+static inline void ima_measure_critical_data(const char *event_data_source,
+ const char *event_name,
+ const void *buf, int buf_len,
+ bool measure_buf_hash) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_IMA */
#ifndef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 0f77e0b697a3..c1acf88e1b5d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static inline unsigned int ima_hash_key(u8 *digest)
hook(POLICY_CHECK, policy) \
hook(KEXEC_CMDLINE, kexec_cmdline) \
hook(KEY_CHECK, key) \
+ hook(CRITICAL_DATA, critical_data) \
hook(MAX_CHECK, none)
#define __ima_hook_enumify(ENUM, str) ENUM,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index af218babd198..9917e1730cb6 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void ima_add_violation(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
* subj=, obj=, type=, func=, mask=, fsmagic=
* subj,obj, and type: are LSM specific.
* func: FILE_CHECK | BPRM_CHECK | CREDS_CHECK | MMAP_CHECK | MODULE_CHECK
- * | KEXEC_CMDLINE | KEY_CHECK
+ * | KEXEC_CMDLINE | KEY_CHECK | CRITICAL_DATA
* mask: contains the permission mask
* fsmagic: hex value
*
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 4485d87c0aa5..6e1b11dcba53 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -921,6 +921,44 @@ void ima_kexec_cmdline(int kernel_fd, const void *buf, int size)
fdput(f);
}
+/**
+ * ima_measure_critical_data - measure kernel subsystem data
+ * critical to integrity of the kernel
+ * @event_data_source: name of the data source being measured;
+ * typically it should be the name of the kernel subsystem that is sending
+ * the data for measurement
+ * @event_name: name of an event from the kernel subsystem that is sending
+ * the data for measurement
+ * @buf: pointer to buffer containing data to measure
+ * @buf_len: length of buffer(in bytes)
+ * @measure_buf_hash: if set to true - will measure hash of the buf,
+ * instead of buf
+ *
+ * A given kernel subsystem (event_data_source) may send
+ * data (buf) to be measured when the data or the subsystem state changes.
+ * The state/data change can be described by event_name.
+ * Examples of critical data (buf) could be kernel in-memory r/o structures,
+ * hash of the memory structures, or data that represents subsystem
+ * state change.
+ * measure_buf_hash can be used to save space, if the data being measured
+ * is too large.
+ * The data (buf) can only be measured, not appraised.
+ */
+void ima_measure_critical_data(const char *event_data_source,
+ const char *event_name,
+ const void *buf, int buf_len,
+ bool measure_buf_hash)
+{
+ if (!event_name || !event_data_source || !buf || !buf_len) {
+ pr_err("Invalid arguments passed to %s().\n", __func__);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ process_buffer_measurement(NULL, buf, buf_len, event_name,
+ CRITICAL_DATA, 0, event_data_source,
+ measure_buf_hash);
+}
+
static int __init init_ima(void)
{
int error;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index 4edc9be62048..f48e82450fe1 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,8 @@ static int ima_parse_rule(char *rule, struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA_MEASURE_ASYMMETRIC_KEYS) &&
strcmp(args[0].from, "KEY_CHECK") == 0)
entry->func = KEY_CHECK;
+ else if (strcmp(args[0].from, "CRITICAL_DATA") == 0)
+ entry->func = CRITICAL_DATA;
else
result = -EINVAL;
if (!result)
--
2.17.1
