From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> Add the documentation of the digest_cache LSM in Documentation/security. Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/security/digest_cache.rst | 763 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/security/index.rst | 1 + MAINTAINERS | 1 + 3 files changed, 765 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/security/digest_cache.rst diff --git a/Documentation/security/digest_cache.rst b/Documentation/security/digest_cache.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f7c2b1bcf25b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/security/digest_cache.rst @@ -0,0 +1,763 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +Digest_cache LSM +================ + +Introduction +============ + +Integrity detection and protection has long been a desirable feature, to +reach a large user base and mitigate the risk of flaws in the software and +attacks. + +However, while solutions exist, they struggle to reach the large user base, +due to requiring higher than desired constraints on performance, +flexibility and configurability, that only security conscious people are +willing to accept. + +This is where the new digest_cache LSM comes into play, it offers +additional support for new and existing integrity solutions, to make them +faster and easier to deploy. + + +Motivation +========== + +The digest_cache LSM helps to address two important shortcomings of the +Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA): predictability of the Platform +Configuration Registers (PCRs), and the provisioning of reference values to +compare the calculated file digest against. + +Remote attestation, according to Trusted Computing Group (TCG) +specifications, is done by replicating the PCR extend operation in +software with the digests in the event log (in this case the IMA +measurement list), and by comparing the obtained value with the PCR value +signed by the TPM with the quote operation. + +Due to how the extend operation is performed, if measurements are done in +a different order, the final PCR value will be different. That means that +if measurements are done in parallel, there is no way to predict what the +final PCR value will be, making impossible to seal data to a PCR value. If +the PCR value was predictable, a system could for example prove its +integrity by unsealing and using its private key, without sending every +time the full list of measurements. + +Provisioning reference values for file digests is also a difficult task. +The solution so far was to add file signatures to RPM packages, and +possibly to DEB packages, so that IMA can verify them. While this undoubtly +works, it also requires Linux distribution vendors to support the feature +by rebuilding all their packages, and eventually extending their PKI to +perform the additional signatures. It could also require developers extra +work to deal with the additional data. + +On the other hand, since often packages carry the file digests themselves, +it won't be actually needed to add file signatures. If the kernel was able +to extract the file digests by itself, all the tasks mentioned above for +the Linux distribution vendors won't be needed too. All current and past +Linux distributions can be easily retrofitted to enable IMA appraisal with +the file digests from the packages. + +Narrowing down the scope of a package parser to only extract specific +information makes it small enough to accurately verify that it cannot harm +the kernel. In fact, the parsers included with the digest_cache LSM have +been verified with the formal verification tool Frama-C, albeit with a +limited buffer size (the verification time grows considerably with bigger +buffer sizes). The parsers with the Frama-C assertions are available here: + +https://github.com/robertosassu/rpm-formal/ + +Frama-C asserts that the parsers don't read beyond their assigned buffer +for any byte combination. + +An additional mitigation against corrupted digest lists consists in +verifying the signature of the package first, before attempting to extract +the file digests. + + +Solution +======== + +The digest_cache LSM can help IMA to extend a PCR in a deterministic way. +If IMA knows that a file comes from a Linux distribution, it can measure +files in a different way: measure the list of digests coming from the +distribution (e.g. RPM package headers), and subsequently measure a file if +it is not found in that list. + +If the system executes known files, it does not matter in which order they +are executed, because the PCR is not extended. That however means that the +lists of digests must be measured in a deterministic way. The digest_cache +LSM has a prefetching mechanism to make this happen, consisting in +sequentially reading digest lists in a directory until it finds the +requested one. + +The resulting IMA measurement list however has a disadvantage: it does not +tell to remote verifiers whether files with digest in the measured digest +lists have been accessed or not and when. Also the IMA measurement list +would change after a software update. + +The digest_cache LSM can also help IMA for appraisal. Currently, IMA has +to evaluate the signature of each file individually, and expects that the +Linux vendors include those signatures together with the files in the +packages. + +With the digest_cache LSM, IMA can simply lookup in the list of digests +extracted from package headers, once the signature of those headers has +been verified. The same approach can be followed by other LSMs, such as +Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE). + + +Design +====== + +Digest cache +------------ + +Main idea +~~~~~~~~~ + +The digest_cache LSM extracts digests from a file, referred to as a digest +list, and stores them in kernel memory in a structure named digest_cache. + +The digest_cache structure contains a set of per algorithm hash tables, +where digests are stored, the digest list pathname, a reference counter, +the integrity state of the digest list, and the inodes for which the digest +cache is used. + +If a digest cache is created from a directory, its hash tables are empty +and instead it contains a snapshot of the directory entries discovered with +iterate_dir(). + +The integrity state of digest caches created from regular files is +evaluated independently by other LSMs, for example by verifying the +signature of the digest list, and is provided to the digest_cache LSM +through a dedicated API. + +The extracted digests can be used as reference values initially for +integrity verification of file data and at a later stage for integrity +verification of file metadata. + +The digest_cache LSM can extract digests from a digest list, only if it has +a parser for its format. Currently, it supports a TLV-based and the RPM +package header formats, and can support more in the future. + + +Digest list lookup +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +In order to build a digest cache and return it to the caller for performing +a query, the digest_cache LSM must know which digest list to use. There are +a few alternatives. + +(1) There is only one digest list and its path is specified as default +location at build-time in the kernel configuration or at run-time through +securityfs. The digest_cache LSM builds a single digest cache from that +digest list and returns it to the caller. + +(2) The default location is a directory containing multiple digest lists. +Unlike (1), the digest_cache LSM does not know which digest list to select, +and creates an iterator with a snapshot of the directory entries. During a +query, the digest_cache LSMs iteratively creates a digest cache for each +directory entry and searches for the digest until there is a match. + +(3) Same as (2), but the digest list file name is stored as value of the +new security.digest_list xattr in the inode for which the digest cache is +requested. The digest_cache LSM can directly retrieve the digest list using +the default directory as the base path and the xattr value as last path +component. + +(4) Similar to (3), but the digest_cache LSM still creates a directory +iterator like in (2). It reads digest lists with a file name that does not +match the security.digest_list xattr, to trigger a measurement, and creates +a digest cache from the matching one. This is also known as the prefetching +mechanism, introduced later. + + +Digest cache creation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Digest list naming convention +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Once the digest_cache LSM selected the digest list to use, it reads the +file and calls the appropriate parser to extract the digests, based on the +filename prefix. + +The expected digest list file name format is:: + + <digest list format>-<file name> + +where format can be for example ``tlv`` or ``rpm``, which make the +digest_cache LSM call respectively the TLV or RPM parser. + +Alternatively, also the following format is supported:: + + <seq num>-<digest list format>-<file name> + +``<seq num>-`` defines how directory entries should be ordered in the +directory iterator. + +Digest cache create API +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The digest_cache LSM offers an API for parsers to initialize and add +digests to the digest cache hash tables. + +It exposes digest_cache_htable_init() to initialize a hash table for a +given algorithm, and to size it depending on the number of digests to add, +normally known by the parsers before adding digests. + +The number of hash table slots is determined by dividing the number of +digests to add by the desired average collision depth. The latter can be +changed in the kernel configuration, to have a different tradeoff between +digest lookup speed and memory occupation. + +It also exposes digest_cache_htable_add(), to let parsers add extracted +digests to the new hash table. If parsers need to add digests created with +different algorithms, they can create as many hash tables as they need. + +Finally, parsers can also call digest_cache_htable_lookup() to lookup a +digest in the passed digest_cache. + +Digest cache caching on create +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Since the same digest cache can be requested multiple times for +verification of different inodes (e.g. installed files belonging to the +same software package), a pointer to the newly created digest cache (named +dig_owner) is stored in the inode security blob of the digest list. + +Dig_owner check and assignment is protected by the dig_owner_mutex, also +stored in the inode security blob. The first requestor instantiates and +populates the new digest cache. The other lock contenders wait until the +lock is released and until the first requestor clears the INIT_IN_PROGRESS +bit in the digest cache bit mask. The latter is needed to avoid lock +inversion with the code tracking changes on digest lists/default directory. + + +Digest cache request +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Users of the digest_cache LSM can request a digest cache by calling +digest_cache_get(), passing the inode for which they need a digest cache, +and can release it with digest_cache_put() once they are done. As mentioned +above, the digest_cache LSM determines which digest list the digest cache +should be built/retrieved from. + +Digest cache caching on request +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +To avoid having to find the digest list inode for every digest_cache_get() +call, also a pointer to the retrieved digest cache (named dig_user) is +stored in the security blob of the inode for which the digest cache is +requested. + +Dig_user is also protected by its own dig_user_mutex (stored in the same +inode security blob) for check and assignment. Multiple requestors of a +digest cache for the same inode have to wait until the first requestor +finds the digest list inode and obtains the digest cache. + +Digest cache reference count +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Since digest cache pointers are stored in the inode security blobs and +returned to the digest_cache_get() callers, the digest_cache LSM must track +how many pointers are around, to avoid freeing a digest cache while it is +still in use. + +The digest_cache LSM records the number of such pointers in a per digest +cache reference count, and increments it every time the pointer is stored +in a new inode security blob (either dig_owner or dig_user), or returned by +digest_cache_get(), and decrements it when an inode is evicted from memory +or a caller of digest_cache_get() calls digest_cache_put(). + + +Digest lookup +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After a caller of digest_cache_get() obtains the desired digest cache, it +can perform operations on it. The most important operation is querying for +a digest, which can be performed by calling digest_cache_lookup(). + +digest_cache_lookup() returns a numeric reference (digest_cache_found_t +type), representing the digest cache containing the queried digest. It is +not a pointer, to avoid it being accidentally passed to digest_cache_put(). + +If the digest_cache LSM took the option (2) (multiple digest lists in the +default directory but which one to use is unknown), digest_cache_get() +returns an iterator instead, to be passed to digest_cache_lookup(). + +Only the latter finally returns the digest cache containing the searched +digest. If the digest is not found, digest_cache_lookup() returns zero. + + +Verification data +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Until now, the caller of the digest_cache LSM is assumed to always trust +the returned digest cache from being created from authentic data. Or, there +are security measures in place but not able to correlate reading a digest +list with building a digest cache from it. + +The digest_cache LSM introduces a new mechanism for integrity providers to +store verification data, i.e. their evaluation result of a digest list. It +also allows callers of digest_cache_get() to later retrieve that +information and decide whether or not they should use that digest cache. + +It achieves that by reserving space in the file descriptor security blob, +and by setting the digest cache pointer in the digest list file descriptor. + +The digest_cache LSM supports multiple integrity providers at the same +time, since multiple LSMs can implement the kernel_post_read_file LSM hook. +Each provider is expected to choose an unique ID, so that the verification +data can be given back through the same ID. + +Those integrity providers should implement the kernel_post_read_file LSM +hook and call digest_cache_verif_set(), passing the digest list file +descriptor, the unique ID and their evaluation result of the digest list. + +Callers of digest_cache_get() can call digest_cache_verif_get() to get +the verification data, passing the returned digest cache pointer and the +desired integrity provider ID. However, if the digest cache returned was an +iterator, that call results in a NULL pointer, since the iterator is +not populated with any digest list. + +In that case, those callers have to call digest_cache_lookup() to get the +numeric reference of the digest cache containing the digest (thus populated +from a digest list), and pass it to digest_cache_verif_get() after +conversion to a digest cache pointer (with digest_cache_from_found_t()). + + +Tracking changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After a digest cache has been built and its pointer has been set in the +inode security blob, it might happen that there are changes in the digest +lists, in the default directory and in the value of the +security.digest_list xattr. + +All these changes may influence which digest cache is returned to callers +of digest_cache_get() and which digests in the digest cache might be +searched. + +The digest_cache LSM monitors such changes by registering to multiple LSM +hooks (path_truncate, file_release, inode_unlink, inode_rename, +inode_post_setxattr and inode_post_removexattr). Except for the last two, +it accesses the dig_owner pointer in the affected inode security blob and +sets the RESET bit. + +The next time that digest cache is requested, both dig_user and dig_owner +are passed to digest_cache_put() and cleared. A new digest cache is +created, as if there wasn't one in the first place. + +For the last two hooks, the RESET_USER bit is set instead, to limit +clearing dig_user, since only retrieval of the digest list could change +after modifying the security.digest_list xattr, and not the digest cache +itself. + +Nothing changes for callers of digest_cache_get(), since they still hold +the old digest cache pointer, despite that has been replaced in the inode +security blobs. The old digest cache pointer will not be freed until those +callers also call digest_cache_put() and the reference count reaches zero. + +Notify changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +While new calls to digest_cache_get() result in a new digest cache to be +returned, resetting the previous digest cache does not reflect in a reset +of possibly cached security decisions based on that digest cache. + +IMA for example, would not be able to recheck a file digest against a +modified digest cache, since it is not aware of the reset in the first +place. + +Introduce a subscription-based notification mechanism, that dispatches to +the interested parties events which include the type of event (e.g. reset) +and the digest cache and inodes affected. A user of the digest_cache LSM +can become a subscriber by calling digest_cache_register_notifier() and can +unsubscribe by calling digest_cache_unregister_notifier(). + +During a digest_cache_get(), add the inode for which the digest cache was +requested to a notification list of the same digest cache. When the RESET +bit is set, emit a event for each inode in that notification list, so that +IMA and the other integrity providers can eventually invalidate their +cached security decision on that inode. + +On a file digest cache reset, notify also users of the parent directory +digest cache, since they might have looked up digests through that digest +cache. Those users will see changes by performing another lookup. + +When the RESET_USER bit is set, emit a notification just for the inode +signalled by the LSM hook, since the operation causing a reset +(set/removexattr) only affects the link between the inode and the digest +cache, and not the digest cache itself. + +Prefetching mechanism +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +One of the objectives of the digest_cache LSM is to make a TPM PCR +predictable, by having digest lists measured in a deterministic order. +Without the prefetching mechanism, digest lists are measured in a +non-deterministic order, since the inodes for which a digest cache can be +requested are accessed in a non-deterministic order too. + +The prefetching mechanism, when enabled by setting the new +security.dig_prefetch xattr to 1, forces digest lists to be looked up by +their file name in the list of the directory entries of the iterator +created for the default directory. + +The predictability of the PCR is ensured by reading both matching and +non-matching digest lists during the search, so that integrity providers +can measure them, and by only creating a digest cache for the matching one. +In this way, it does not matter if a digest list later in the list of +directory entries is requested before a earlier one, since all digest lists +until that point are measured anyway. + +However, while this mechanism ensures predictability of the PCR, it could +also introduce significant latencies, especially if the matching digest +list is very late in the list of directory entries. Before a digest cache +is returned from that digest list, hundreds or thousands of digest lists +could have to be read first. + +Then, the ``[<seq num>-]`` prefix in the digest list file name comes at +hand, since it determines the order of directory entries in the iterator +(entries with lower seq nums are before entries with higher seq nums). +Digest lists without that prefix are added at the end of iterator list, +in the same order as iterate_dir() shows them. + +With ``[<seq num>-]``, the latency of digest cache creation when the +prefetching mechanism is enabled can be significantly reduced for example +by ordering digest lists by their appearance in the IMA measurement list, +since that list reflects the order in which digest lists are requested at +boot. + +While digest lists can be requested in a slightly different order due to +the non-deterministic access to inodes, the differences should be minimal, +causing only fewer extra digest lists to be read before the right one is +found. + +Ordering directory entries can also improve digest queries requiring +iteration on all digest lists in the default directory. If directory +entries are ordered by their appearance in the IMA measurement list, a +digest is found faster because most likely it is searched in the same +order as when the IMA measurement list was recorded, and thus its +digest list comes earlier than the others in the list of the directory +entries of the iterator. + + +Data structures and API +======================= + +Data structures +--------------- + +These are the data structures defined and used internally by the +digest_cache LSM. + +.. kernel-doc:: security/digest_cache/internal.h + + +Public API +---------- + +This API is meant to be used by users of the digest_cache LSM. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/digest_cache.h + :identifiers: digest_cache_found_t + digest_cache_from_found_t + +.. kernel-doc:: security/digest_cache/main.c + :identifiers: digest_cache_get digest_cache_put + +.. kernel-doc:: security/digest_cache/htable.c + :identifiers: digest_cache_lookup + +.. kernel-doc:: security/digest_cache/verif.c + :identifiers: digest_cache_verif_set digest_cache_verif_get + +.. kernel-doc:: security/digest_cache/notifier.c + :identifiers: digest_cache_register_notifier + digest_cache_unregister_notifier + + +Parser API +---------- + +This API is meant to be used by digest list parsers. + +.. kernel-doc:: security/digest_cache/htable.c + :identifiers: digest_cache_htable_init + digest_cache_htable_add + digest_cache_htable_lookup + + +Digest List Formats +=================== + +tlv +--- + +The Type-Length-Value (TLV) format was chosen for its extensibility. +Additional fields can be added without breaking compatibility with old +versions of the parser. + +The layout of a tlv digest list is the following:: + + [header: DIGEST_LIST_FILE, num fields, total len] + [field: DIGEST_LIST_ALGO, length, value] + [field: DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY#1, length, value (below)] + |- [header: DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_DATA, num fields, total len] + |- [DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_DIGEST#1, length, file digest] + |- [DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_PATH#1, length, file path] + [field: DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY#N, length, value (below)] + |- [header: DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_DATA, num fields, total len] + |- [DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_DIGEST#N, length, file digest] + |- [DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_PATH#N, length, file path] + +DIGEST_LIST_ALGO is a field to specify the algorithm of the file digest. +DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY is a nested TLV structure with the following fields: +DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_DIGEST contains the file digest; DIGEST_LIST_ENTRY_PATH +contains the file path. + + +rpm +--- + +The rpm digest list is basically a subset of the RPM package header. +Its format is:: + + [RPM magic number] + [RPMTAG_IMMUTABLE] + +RPMTAG_IMMUTABLE is a section of the full RPM header containing the part +of the header that was signed, and whose signature is stored in the +RPMTAG_RSAHEADER section. + + +Appended Signature +------------------ + +Digest lists can have a module-style appended signature, that can be used +for appraisal with IMA. The signature type can be PKCS#7, as for kernel +modules, or a different type. + + +History +======= + +The original name of this work was IMA Digest Lists, which was somehow +considered too invasive. The code was moved to a separate component named +DIGLIM (DIGest Lists Integrity Module), with the purpose of removing the +complexity away of IMA, and also adding the possibility of using it with +other kernel components (e.g. Integrity Policy Enforcement, or IPE). + +The design changed significantly, so DIGLIM was renamed to digest_cache +LSM, as the name better reflects what the new component does. + +Since it was originally proposed, in 2017, this work grew up a lot thanks +to various comments/suggestions. It became integrally part of the openEuler +distribution since end of 2020. + +The most important difference between the old the current version is moving +from a centralized repository of file digests to a per-package repository. +This significantly reduces the memory pressure, since digest lists are +loaded into kernel memory only when they are actually needed. Also, file +digests are automatically unloaded from kernel memory at the same time +inodes are evicted from memory during reclamation. + + +Performance +=========== + +System specification +-------------------- + +The tests have been performed on a Fedora 38 virtual machine with 4 cores +(AMD EPYC-Rome, no hyperthreading), 16 GB of RAM, no TPM/TPM passthrough/ +emulated. The QEMU process has been pinned to 4 real CPU cores and its +priority was set to -20. + + +Benchmark tool +-------------- + +The digest_cache LSM has been tested with an ad-hoc benchmark tool that +creates 20000 files with a random size up to 100 bytes and randomly adds +their digest to one of 303 digest lists. The number of digest lists has +been derived from the ratio (66) digests/packages (124174/1883) found in +the testing virtual machine (hence, 20000/66 = 303). IMA signatures have +been done with ECDSA NIST P-384. + +The benchmark tool then creates a list of 20000 files to be accessed, +randomly chosen (there can be duplicates). This is necessary to make the +results reproducible across reboots (by always replaying the same +operations). The benchmark reads (sequentially and in parallel) the files +from the list 2 times, flushing the kernel caches before each read. + +Each test has been performed 5 times, and the average value is taken. + + +Purpose of the benchmark +------------------------ + +The purpose of the benchmark is to show the performance difference of IMA +between the current behavior, and by using the digest_cache LSM. + + +IMA measurement policy: no cache +-------------------------------- + +.. code-block:: bash + + measure func=FILE_CHECK fowner=2001 pcr=12 + + +IMA measurement policy: cache +----------------------------- + +.. code-block:: bash + + measure func=DIGEST_LIST_CHECK pcr=12 + measure func=FILE_CHECK fowner=2001 digest_cache=data pcr=12 + + +IMA Measurement Results +----------------------- + +Sequential +~~~~~~~~~~ + +This test was performed reading files sequentially, and waiting for the +current read to terminate before beginning a new one. + +:: + + +-------+------------------------+-----------+ + | meas. | time no/p/vTPM (sec.) | slab (KB) | + +--------------------+-------+------------------------+-----------+ + | no cache | 12313 | 33.65 / 102.51 / 47.13 | 84170 | + +--------------------+-------+------------------------+-----------+ + | cache, no prefetch | 304 | 34.04 / 33.32 / 33.09 | 81159 | + +--------------------+-------+------------------------+-----------+ + | cache, prefetch | 304 | 34.02 / 33.31 / 33.15 | 81122 | + +--------------------+-------+------------------------+-----------+ + +The table shows that 12313 measurements (boot_aggregate + files) have been +made without the digest cache, and 304 with the digest cache +(boot_aggregate + digest lists). Consequently, the memory occupation +without the cache is higher due to the higher number of measurements. + +Not surprisingly, for the same reason, also the test time is significantly +higher without the digest cache when the physical or virtual TPM is used. + +In terms of pure performance, first number in the third column, it can be +seen that there are not really performance differences between using or not +using the digest cache. + +Prefetching does not add overhead, also because digest lists were ordered +according to their appearance in the IMA measurement list (which minimize +the digest lists to prefetch). + + +Parallel +~~~~~~~~ + +This test was performed reading files in parallel, not waiting for the +current read to terminate. + +:: + + +-------+-----------------------+-----------+ + | meas. | time no/p/vTPM (sec.) | slab (KB) | + +--------------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------+ + | no cache | 12313 | 14.08 / 79.09 / 22.70 | 85138 | + +--------------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------+ + | cache, no prefetch | 304 | 14.44 / 15.11 / 14.96 | 85777 | + +--------------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------+ + | cache, prefetch | 304 | 14.30 / 15.41 / 14.40 | 83294 | + +--------------------+-------+-----------------------+-----------+ + +Also in this case, the physical TPM causes the biggest delay especially +without digest cache, where a higher number of measurements need to be +extended in the TPM. + +The digest_cache LSM does not introduce a noticeable overhead in all +scenarios. + + +IMA appraisal policy: no cache +------------------------------ + +.. code-block:: bash + + appraise func=FILE_CHECK fowner=2001 + + +IMA appraisal policy: cache +--------------------------- + +.. code-block:: bash + + appraise func=DIGEST_LIST_CHECK + appraise func=FILE_CHECK fowner=2001 digest_cache=data + + +IMA Appraisal Results +--------------------- + +Sequential +~~~~~~~~~~ + +This test was performed reading files sequentially, and waiting for the +current read to terminate before beginning a new one. + +:: + + +-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | files | time (sec.) | slab (KB) | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | appraise (ECDSA sig) | 12312 | 96.74 | 78827 | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | appraise (cache) | 12312 + 303 | 33.09 | 80854 | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | appraise (cache, prefetch) | 12312 + 303 | 33.42 | 81050 | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + +This test shows a huge performance difference from verifying the signature +of 12312 files as opposed to just verifying the signature of 303 digest +lists, and looking up the digest of the files being read. + +There are some differences in terms of memory occupation, which is quite +expected due to the fact that we have to take into account the digest +caches loaded in memory, while with the standard appraisal they don't +exist. + + +Parallel +~~~~~~~~ + +This test was performed reading files in parallel, not waiting for the +current read to terminate. + +:: + + +-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | files | time (sec.) | slab (KB) | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | appraise (ECDSA sig) | 12312 | 27.68 | 80596 | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | appraise (cache) | 12313 + 303 | 14.96 | 80778 | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + | appraise (cache, prefetch) | 12313 + 303 | 14.78 | 83354 | + +----------------------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+ + +The difference is less marked when performing the read in parallel. Also, +more memory seems to be occupied in the prefetch case. + + +How to Test +=========== + +Please follow the instructions here: + +https://github.com/linux-integrity/digest-cache-tools diff --git a/Documentation/security/index.rst b/Documentation/security/index.rst index 59f8fc106cb0..34933e13c509 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/index.rst @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Security Documentation digsig landlock secrets/index + digest_cache diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index d7f700da009e..67b1fb3ab0ac 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -6197,6 +6197,7 @@ DIGEST_CACHE LSM M: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> L: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx S: Maintained +F: Documentation/security/digest_cache.rst F: security/digest_cache/ F: tools/testing/selftests/digest_cache/ -- 2.34.1
