Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] ima: make the memory for events between kexec load and exec configurable

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On 10/20/23 16:39, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:



On 10/12/23 17:27, Stefan Berger wrote:

On 10/5/23 14:26, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:
IMA currently allocates half a PAGE_SIZE for the extra events that would
be measured between kexec 'load' and 'execute'.  Depending on the IMA
policy and the system state, that memory may not be sufficient to hold
the extra IMA events measured after kexec 'load'.  The memory
requirements vary from system to system and they should be configurable.

Define a Kconfig option, IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_PAGES, to configure the number
of extra pages to be allocated for IMA measurements added in the window
from kexec 'load' to kexec 'execute'.

Update ima_add_kexec_buffer() function to allocate memory based on the
Kconfig option value, rather than the currently hardcoded one.

Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi<tusharsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  security/integrity/ima/Kconfig     |  9 +++++++++
  security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 13 ++++++++-----
  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
index 60a511c6b583..1b55cd2bcb36 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
@@ -338,3 +338,12 @@ config IMA_DISABLE_HTABLE
      default n
      help
         This option disables htable to allow measurement of duplicate records.
+
+config IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_PAGES
+    int
+    depends on IMA && IMA_KEXEC
+    default 16
+    help
+      IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_PAGES determines the number of extra
+      pages to be allocated for IMA measurements added in the
+      window from kexec 'load' to kexec 'execute'.


On ppc64 a page is 64kb. I would ask for additional kb here.


Not sure I understand.  Do you mean I should make the default value of
the config IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_PAGES 64 or something?


No, what I mean is you should ask the user for how many extra kilobytes (kb) to allocate - not ask for pages.


   Stefan


In code, I multiply the config value with PAGE_SIZE.  So more memory
would be allocated on ppc64 for given default config value. Could you
please clarify what change you are suggesting here?


+        binary_runtime_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size() +
+                               sizeof(struct ima_kexec_hdr) +
+                               (CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_PAGES *
PAGE_SIZE);

~Tushar

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
index 13fbbb90319b..6cd5f46a7208 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
@@ -150,15 +150,18 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
      int ret;
      /*
-     * Reserve an extra half page of memory for additional measurements
-     * added during the kexec load.
+     * Reserve extra memory for measurements added in the window from
+     * kexec 'load' to kexec 'execute'.
       */
-    binary_runtime_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size();
+    binary_runtime_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size() +
+                  sizeof(struct ima_kexec_hdr) +
+                  (CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE);
+
      if (binary_runtime_size >= ULONG_MAX - PAGE_SIZE)
          kexec_segment_size = ULONG_MAX;
      else
-        kexec_segment_size = ALIGN(ima_get_binary_runtime_size() +
-                       PAGE_SIZE / 2, PAGE_SIZE);
+        kexec_segment_size = ALIGN(binary_runtime_size, PAGE_SIZE);
+
      if ((kexec_segment_size == ULONG_MAX) ||
          ((kexec_segment_size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages() / 2)) {
          pr_err("Binary measurement list too large.\n");



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