Re: [PATCH v15 10/10] arm64: Add IMA log information in kimage used for kexec

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Wed Jan 27 2021 - 13:33:17 EST


On Wed, 2021-01-27 at 10:24 -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> On 1/27/21 10:02 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 09:56:53AM -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> >> On 1/27/21 8:54 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 09:30:17AM -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> >>>> Address and size of the buffer containing the IMA measurement log need
> >>>> to be passed from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec.
> >>>>
> >>>> Add address and size fields to "struct kimage_arch" for ARM64 platform
> >>>> to hold the address and size of the IMA measurement log buffer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Update CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE to select CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC, if CONFIG_IMA
> >>>> is enabled, to indicate that the IMA measurement log information is
> >>>> present in the device tree for ARM64.
> >>>>
> >>>> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
> >>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h | 5 +++++
> >>>> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> >>>> index 1d466addb078..ea7f7fe3dccd 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> >>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> >>>> @@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ config KEXEC
> >>>> config KEXEC_FILE
> >>>> bool "kexec file based system call"
> >>>> select KEXEC_CORE
> >>>> + select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC if IMA
> >>>> help
> >>>> This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
> >>>> file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
> >>>> index d24b527e8c00..2bd19ccb6c43 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
> >>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kexec.h
> >>>> @@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ struct kimage_arch {
> >>>> void *elf_headers;
> >>>> unsigned long elf_headers_mem;
> >>>> unsigned long elf_headers_sz;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
> >>>> + phys_addr_t ima_buffer_addr;
> >>>> + size_t ima_buffer_size;
> >>>> +#endif
> >>>
> >>> Why do these need to be in the arch structure instead of 'struct kimage'?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Currently, only powerpc and, with this patch set, arm64 have support for
> >> carrying forward IMA measurement list across kexec system call. The above
> >> fields are used for tracking IMA measurement list.
> >>
> >> Do you see a reason to move these fields to "struct kimage"?
> >
> > If they're gated on CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC, then it seems harmless for them to
> > be added to the shared structure. Or are you saying that there are
> > architectures which have CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC but do not want these fields?
> >
>
> As far as I know, there are no other architectures that define
> CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC, but do not use these fields.

Yes, CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC enables "carrying the IMA measurement list across
a soft boot". The only arch that currently carries the IMA
measurement across kexec is powerpc.

Mimi