Re: [PATCH v7 ima-evm-utils 1/2] set default hash algorithm in configuration time

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On Fri, 2021-09-10 at 15:47 -0300, Bruno Meneguele wrote:
> The default hash algorithm for evmctl is today hardcoded in the libimaevm.c
> file. To facilitate package maintainers across different distributions to
> set their own default hash algorithm this, patch adds the
> --with-default-hash=<algo> option to the configuration script.
> 
> The chosen algorithm will then be checked by its available in the kernel,
> otherwise IMA won't be able to verify files hashed by the user. For that,
> the kernel header hash_info.h used as the source of supported hashes. In
> case the hash_info.h header is not present, the configuration script warns
> about it, but uses whatever the user specified in the option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Bruno.  This patch set is now queued in the next-testing
branch.

Mimi




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