[PATCH V34 08/29] kexec_file: split KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG into KEXEC_SIG and KEXEC_SIG_FORCE

Dave Young dyoung at redhat.com
Tue Jun 25 02:35:14 UTC 2019


On 06/24/19 at 10:01am, Dave Young wrote:
> On 06/21/19 at 05:03pm, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > From: Jiri Bohac <jbohac at suse.cz>
> > 
> > This is a preparatory patch for kexec_file_load() lockdown.  A locked down
> > kernel needs to prevent unsigned kernel images from being loaded with
> > kexec_file_load().  Currently, the only way to force the signature
> > verification is compiling with KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG.  This prevents loading
> > usigned images even when the kernel is not locked down at runtime.
> > 
> > This patch splits KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG into KEXEC_SIG and KEXEC_SIG_FORCE.
> > Analogous to the MODULE_SIG and MODULE_SIG_FORCE for modules, KEXEC_SIG
> > turns on the signature verification but allows unsigned images to be
> > loaded.  KEXEC_SIG_FORCE disallows images without a valid signature.
> > 
> > [Modified by David Howells such that:
> > 
> >  (1) verify_pefile_signature() differentiates between no-signature and
> >      sig-didn't-match in its returned errors.
> > 
> >  (2) kexec fails with EKEYREJECTED if there is a signature for which we
> >      have a key, but signature doesn't match - even if in non-forcing mode.
> > 
> >  (3) kexec fails with EBADMSG or some other error if there is a signature
> >      which cannot be parsed - even if in non-forcing mode.
> > 
> >  (4) kexec fails with ELIBBAD if the PE file cannot be parsed to extract
> >      the signature - even if in non-forcing mode.
> > 
> > ]
> 
> Seems I do not see EBADMSG and ELIBBAD in this patch, also kexec fails
> with proper errno instead of EKEYREJECTED only.
> 
> I may missed something?  Other than the patch log issue:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dave Young <dyoung at redhat.com>

Hold on :)  Noticed another issue, please see comment inline..

> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac at suse.cz>
> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at google.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac at suse.cz>
> > cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/Kconfig                       | 20 ++++++++---
> >  crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c |  4 ++-
> >  include/linux/kexec.h                  |  4 +--
> >  kernel/kexec_file.c                    | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > index c1f9b3cf437c..84381dd60760 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > @@ -2012,20 +2012,30 @@ config KEXEC_FILE
> >  config ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
> >  	def_bool KEXEC_FILE
> >  
> > -config KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +config KEXEC_SIG
> >  	bool "Verify kernel signature during kexec_file_load() syscall"
> >  	depends on KEXEC_FILE
> >  	---help---
> > -	  This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for
> > -	  the kexec_file_load() syscall.
> >  
> > -	  In addition to that option, you need to enable signature
> > +	  This option makes the kexec_file_load() syscall check for a valid
> > +	  signature of the kernel image.  The image can still be loaded without
> > +	  a valid signature unless you also enable KEXEC_SIG_FORCE, though if
> > +	  there's a signature that we can check, then it must be valid.
> > +
> > +	  In addition to this option, you need to enable signature
> >  	  verification for the corresponding kernel image type being
> >  	  loaded in order for this to work.
> >  
> > +config KEXEC_SIG_FORCE
> > +	bool "Require a valid signature in kexec_file_load() syscall"
> > +	depends on KEXEC_SIG
> > +	---help---
> > +	  This option makes kernel signature verification mandatory for
> > +	  the kexec_file_load() syscall.
> > +
> >  config KEXEC_BZIMAGE_VERIFY_SIG
> >  	bool "Enable bzImage signature verification support"
> > -	depends on KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +	depends on KEXEC_SIG
> >  	depends on SIGNED_PE_FILE_VERIFICATION
> >  	select SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
> >  	---help---
> > diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
> > index d178650fd524..4473cea1e877 100644
> > --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
> > +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
> > @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int pefile_parse_binary(const void *pebuf, unsigned int pelen,
> >  
> >  	if (!ddir->certs.virtual_address || !ddir->certs.size) {
> >  		pr_debug("Unsigned PE binary\n");
> > -		return -EKEYREJECTED;
> > +		return -ENODATA;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	chkaddr(ctx->header_size, ddir->certs.virtual_address,
> > @@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ static int pefile_digest_pe(const void *pebuf, unsigned int pelen,
> >   *  (*) 0 if at least one signature chain intersects with the keys in the trust
> >   *	keyring, or:
> >   *
> > + *  (*) -ENODATA if there is no signature present.
> > + *
> >   *  (*) -ENOPKG if a suitable crypto module couldn't be found for a check on a
> >   *	chain.
> >   *
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
> > index b9b1bc5f9669..58b27c7bdc2b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/kexec.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
> > @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ typedef void *(kexec_load_t)(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
> >  			     unsigned long cmdline_len);
> >  typedef int (kexec_cleanup_t)(void *loader_data);
> >  
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG
> >  typedef int (kexec_verify_sig_t)(const char *kernel_buf,
> >  				 unsigned long kernel_len);
> >  #endif
> > @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct kexec_file_ops {
> >  	kexec_probe_t *probe;
> >  	kexec_load_t *load;
> >  	kexec_cleanup_t *cleanup;
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG
> >  	kexec_verify_sig_t *verify_sig;
> >  #endif
> >  };
> > diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > index f1d0e00a3971..eec7e5bb2a08 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
> > @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int __weak arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
> >  	return kexec_image_post_load_cleanup_default(image);
> >  }
> >  
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG
> >  static int kexec_image_verify_sig_default(struct kimage *image, void *buf,
> >  					  unsigned long buf_len)
> >  {
> > @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ kimage_file_prepare_segments(struct kimage *image, int kernel_fd, int initrd_fd,
> >  			     const char __user *cmdline_ptr,
> >  			     unsigned long cmdline_len, unsigned flags)
> >  {
> > -	int ret = 0;
> > +	const char *reason;
> > +	int ret;
> >  	void *ldata;
> >  	loff_t size;
> >  
> > @@ -207,15 +208,47 @@ kimage_file_prepare_segments(struct kimage *image, int kernel_fd, int initrd_fd,
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		goto out;
> >  
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG
> >  	ret = arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig(image, image->kernel_buf,
> >  					   image->kernel_buf_len);
> > -	if (ret) {
> > -		pr_debug("kernel signature verification failed.\n");
> > +#else
> > +	ret = -ENODATA;

Use -ENODATA for above case looks not correct, please just remove the #else and
move the #endif to the end of the switch chunk.

> > +#endif
> > +
> > +	switch (ret) {
> > +	case 0:
> > +		break;
> > +
> > +		/* Certain verification errors are non-fatal if we're not
> > +		 * checking errors, provided we aren't mandating that there
> > +		 * must be a valid signature.
> > +		 */
> > +	case -ENODATA:
> > +		reason = "kexec of unsigned image";
> > +		goto decide;
> > +	case -ENOPKG:
> > +		reason = "kexec of image with unsupported crypto";
> > +		goto decide;
> > +	case -ENOKEY:
> > +		reason = "kexec of image with unavailable key";
> > +	decide:
> > +		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG_FORCE)) {
> > +			pr_notice("%s rejected\n", reason);
> > +			goto out;
> > +		}
> > +
> > +		ret = 0;
> > +		break;
> > +
> > +		/* All other errors are fatal, including nomem, unparseable
> > +		 * signatures and signature check failures - even if signatures
> > +		 * aren't required.
> > +		 */
> > +	default:
> > +		pr_notice("kernel signature verification failed (%d).\n", ret);
> >  		goto out;
> >  	}
> > -	pr_debug("kernel signature verification successful.\n");
> > -#endif
> > +
> >  	/* It is possible that there no initramfs is being loaded */
> >  	if (!(flags & KEXEC_FILE_NO_INITRAMFS)) {
> >  		ret = kernel_read_file_from_fd(initrd_fd, &image->initrd_buf,
> > -- 
> > 2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog
> > 

Thanks
Dave



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