Re: [PATCH 0/4] ima: support fs-verity signatures stored as

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On Tue, 2021-11-30 at 07:56 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-11-29 at 18:36 -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 12:00:53PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > > Support for fs-verity file digests in IMA was discussed from the beginning,
> > > prior to fs-verity being upstreamed[1,2].  This patch set adds signature
> > > verification support based on the fs-verity file digest.  Both the
> > > file digest and the signature must be included in the IMA measurement list
> > > in order to disambiguate the type of file digest.
> > > 
> > > [1] https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/fs-verify_Mike-Halcrow_Eric-Biggers.pdf
> > > [2] Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
> > > 
> > > Mimi Zohar (4):
> > >   fs-verity: define a function to return the integrity protected file
> > >     digest
> > >   ima: define a new signature type named IMA_VERITY_DIGSIG
> > >   ima: limit including fs-verity's file digest in measurement list
> > >   ima: support fs-verity file digest based signatures
> > > 
> > >  fs/verity/fsverity_private.h              |  6 ---
> > >  fs/verity/measure.c                       | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/fsverity.h                  | 17 ++++++++
> > >  security/integrity/ima/ima.h              |  3 +-
> > >  security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c          | 23 ++++++++++-
> > >  security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c     |  9 ++++-
> > >  security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c         |  7 +++-
> > >  security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c |  3 +-
> > >  security/integrity/integrity.h            |  1 +
> > >  9 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > 
> > I left some comments, but this generally looks like the right approach.
> > However, I'm not an expert in IMA, so it's hard for me to review the IMA parts.
> 
> Thank you for the quick review!
> 
> > 
> > Can you add documentation for this feature?
> 
> Yes, of course.  Originally I assumed the fs-verity support would be a
> lot more complicated, but to my pleasant surprise by limiting the IMA
> fsverity support to just signatures and requiring the file signature be
> included in the IMA measurement list, it's a lot simpler than expected.
> As there aren't any IMA policy changes, I'm just thinking about where
> to document it.

I'll update both Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst and
Documentation/security/IMA-templates.rst.

thanks,

Mimi




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