Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] ima: Move validation of the keyrings conditional into ima_validate_rule()

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Mon Jul 06 2020 - 23:19:05 EST


On Mon, 2020-07-06 at 08:18 -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> On 2020-07-03 10:15:32, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-07-02 at 17:16 -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> > > On 2020-06-30 19:07:29, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2020-06-26 at 17:38 -0500, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> > > > > Use ima_validate_rule() to ensure that the combination of a hook
> > > > > function and the keyrings conditional is valid and that the keyrings
> > > > > conditional is not specified without an explicit KEY_CHECK func
> > > > > conditional. This is a code cleanup and has no user-facing change.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >
> > > > > * v2
> > > > > - Allowed IMA_DIGSIG_REQUIRED, IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO,
> > > > > IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED, and IMA_CHECK_BLACKLIST conditionals to be
> > > > > present in the rule entry flags for non-buffer hook functions.
> > > > >
> > > > > security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | 13 +++++++++++--
> > > > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
> > > > > index 8cdca2399d59..43d49ad958fb 100644
> > > > > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
> > > > > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
> > > > > @@ -1000,6 +1000,15 @@ static bool ima_validate_rule(struct ima_rule_entry *entry)
> > > > > case KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK:
> > > > > case KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK:
> > > > > case POLICY_CHECK:
> > > > > + if (entry->flags & ~(IMA_FUNC | IMA_MASK | IMA_FSMAGIC |
> > > > > + IMA_UID | IMA_FOWNER | IMA_FSUUID |
> > > > > + IMA_INMASK | IMA_EUID | IMA_PCR |
> > > > > + IMA_FSNAME | IMA_DIGSIG_REQUIRED |
> > > > > + IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO |
> > > > > + IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED |
> > > > > + IMA_CHECK_BLACKLIST))
> > > >
> > > > Other than KEYRINGS, this patch should continue to behave the same.
> > > > ÂHowever, this list gives the impressions that all of these flags are
> > > > permitted on all of the above flags, which isn't true.
> > > >
> > > > For example, both IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED & IMA_CHECK_BLACKLIST are limited
> > > > to appended signatures, meaning KERNEL_CHECK and KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK.
> > >
> > > Just to clarify, are both IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED and IMA_CHECK_BLACKLIST
> > > limited to KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK, KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK, and MODULE_CHECK?
> > > That's what ima_hook_supports_modsig() suggests.
> >
> > Theoretically that is true, but I have no idea how you would append a
> > signature to the kexec boot command line. ÂThe only users of appended
> > signatures are currently kernel modules and the kexec'ed kernel image.
>
> The discrepancy was with KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK, not KEXEC_CMDLINE. I now
> see that there's no support for initramfs signature verification in the
> kexec code so I'll assume that ima_hook_supports_modsig() is wrong and
> limit IMA_MODSIG_ALLOWED and IMA_CHECK_BLACKLIST to the
> KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK and MODULE_CHECK actions, as you originally
> suggested.

My mistake. ÂYes, both the kexec kernel image and the initramfs read
the respective file into memory and can be signed either with an
imasig or modsig. ÂRefer to kernel_read_file_from_fd().

Mimi