Re: [PATCH 0/3] ELF executable signing and verification

[Vivek Goyal]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:27:12PM +0100, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Upon exec(), we determine if executable is signed. If it is, then locks
> > down the pages in memory (using MAP_LOCKED) and verfies the signature.
> > If signature does not match, process is killed. Unsigned processes
> > don't get affected at all.
> 
> Also ptrace() should be disallowed on such a process created from a signed ELF.

Yes, that I have listed in TODO. We need to disable ptrace for signed
processes or make sure only signed process can trace it.

Thanks
Vivek
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