dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement

Mike Snitzer snitzer at kernel.org
Thu Sep 8 15:25:36 UTC 2022


On Wed, Sep 07 2022 at  6:34P -0400,
Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 13:30:58 -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > Verity targets can be configured to ignore corrupted data blocks.
> > LoadPin must only trust verity targets that are configured to
> > perform some kind of enforcement when data corruption is detected,
> > like returning an error, restarting the system or triggering a
> > panic.
> > 
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!
> 
> [1/1] dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement
>       https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/2e1875c05267

Does this mean you're intending to send this upstream?  I prefer to
take all DM changes unless there is an external dependency.

Thanks,
Mike



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