On Wed, 2023-10-25 at 16:27 +0000, Eric Snowberg wrote:
>
> > On Oct 25, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Commit 18b44bc5a672 ("ovl: Always reevaluate the file signature for
> > IMA") forced signature re-evaulation on every file access.
> >
> > Instead of always re-evaluating the file's integrity, detect a change
> > to the backing file, by comparing the cached file metadata with the
> > backing file's metadata. Verifying just the i_version has not changed
> > is insufficient. In addition save and compare the i_ino and s_dev
> > as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I ran the file integrity tests that originally uncovered the need for
> "Commit 18b44bc5a672 ("ovl: Always reevaluate the file signature for
> IMA”). When the backing file is changed, file integrity remains. For that
> part, feel free to add:
>
> Tested-by: Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!
Mimi
