On Thu, 2022-05-12 at 16:25 +0000, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > On kexec file load Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) subsystem > may verify the IMA signature of the kernel and initramfs, and measure > it. The command line parameters passed to the kernel in the kexec call > may also be measured by IMA. A remote attestation service can verify > a TPM quote based on the TPM event log, the IMA measurement list, and > the TPM PCR data. This can be achieved only if the IMA measurement log > is carried over from the current kernel to the next kernel across > the kexec call. > > powerpc and ARM64 both achieve this using device tree with a > "linux,ima-kexec-buffer" node. x86 platforms generally don't make use of > device tree, so use the setup_data mechanism to pass the IMA buffer to > the new kernel. > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@xxxxxx> Not from using "setup_data" perspective, Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # IMA function definitions thanks, Mimi
