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    ima: support for kexec image and initramfs · d9ddf077
    Mimi Zohar authored
    
    
    Add IMA policy support for measuring/appraising the kexec image and
    initramfs. Two new IMA policy identifiers KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK and
    KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK are defined.
    
    Example policy rules:
    measure func=KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK
    appraise func=KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK appraise_type=imasig
    measure func=KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK
    appraise func=KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK appraise_type=imasig
    
    Moving the enumeration to the vfs layer simplified the patches, allowing
    the IMA changes, for the most part, to be separated from the other
    changes.  Unfortunately, passing either a kernel_read_file_id or a
    ima_hooks enumeration within IMA is messy.
    
    Option 1: duplicate kernel_read_file enumeration in ima_hooks
    
    enum kernel_read_file_id {
    	...
            READING_KEXEC_IMAGE,
            READING_KEXEC_INITRAMFS,
            READING_MAX_ID
    
    enum ima_hooks {
    	...
    	KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK
    	KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK
    
    Option 2: define ima_hooks as extension of kernel_read_file
    eg: enum ima_hooks {
            FILE_CHECK = READING_MAX_ID,
            MMAP_CHECK,
    
    In order to pass both kernel_read_file_id and ima_hooks values, we
    would need to specify a struct containing a union.
    
    struct caller_id {
            union {
                    enum ima_hooks func_id;
                    enum kernel_read_file_id read_id;
            };
    };
    
    Option 3: incorportate the ima_hooks enumeration into kernel_read_file_id,
    perhaps changing the enumeration name.
    
    For now, duplicate the new READING_KEXEC_IMAGE/INITRAMFS in the ima_hooks.
    
    Changelog v4:
    - replaced switch statement with a kernel_read_file_id to an ima_hooks
    id mapping array - Dmitry
    - renamed ima_hook tokens KEXEC_CHECK and INITRAMFS_CHECK to
    KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK and KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK respectively - Dave Young
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarPetko Manolov <petkan@mip-labs.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarDmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@huawei.com>
    Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
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