[PATCH v3 1/6] IMA: generalize keyring specific measurement constructs

Mimi Zohar zohar at linux.ibm.com
Mon Aug 31 11:55:45 UTC 2020


On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 18:56 -0700, Tushar Sugandhi wrote:
> IMA functions such as ima_match_keyring(), process_buffer_measurement(),
> ima_match_policy() etc. handle data specific to keyrings. Currently,
> these constructs are not generic to handle any func specific data.
> This makes it harder to extend without code duplication.
> 
> Refactor the keyring specific measurement constructs to be generic and
> reusable in other measurement scenarios.

Mostly this patch changes the variable name from keyring to func_data,
which is good.  Other changes should be minimized.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu at linux.microsoft.com>
> ---

<snip>

> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
> index fe1df373c113..8866e84d0062 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
> @@ -451,15 +451,21 @@ int ima_lsm_policy_change(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * ima_match_keyring - determine whether the keyring matches the measure rule
> - * @rule: a pointer to a rule
> - * @keyring: name of the keyring to match against the measure rule
> + * ima_match_rule_data - determine whether the given func_data matches
> + *			 the measure rule data
> + * @rule: IMA policy rule
> + * @opt_list: rule data to match func_data against
> + * @func_data: data to match against the measure rule data
> + * @allow_empty_opt_list: If true matches all func_data
>   * @cred: a pointer to a credentials structure for user validation
>   *
> - * Returns true if keyring matches one in the rule, false otherwise.
> + * Returns true if func_data matches one in the rule, false otherwise.
>   */
> -static bool ima_match_keyring(struct ima_rule_entry *rule,
> -			      const char *keyring, const struct cred *cred)
> +static bool ima_match_rule_data(struct ima_rule_entry *rule,
> +				const struct ima_rule_opt_list *opt_list, 

Ok

> +				const char *func_data,
> +				bool allow_empty_opt_list,

As the policy is loaded, shouldn't the rules should be checked, not
here on usage?

Mimi

> +				const struct cred *cred)
>  {
>  	bool matched = false;
>  	size_t i;
> 



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