[PATCH v3 2/2] integrity: Extract secure boot enquiry function out of IMA

GONG Ruiqi gongruiqi1 at huawei.com
Thu Jul 3 01:43:53 UTC 2025


Commit 92ad19559ea9 ("integrity: Do not load MOK and MOKx when secure
boot be disabled") utilizes arch_ima_get_secureboot() to perform a
secure boot status check before loading the Machine Owner Key (MOK).

However, only when CONFIG_IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT=y can this
function be functional, while this config could be turned on/off
parallelly with CONFIG_LOAD_UEFI_KEYS. So the kernel could behave
unintuitively in case that CONFIG_IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT=n and
CONFIG_LOAD_UEFI_KEYS=y, as it would refuse to load MOK even if secure
boot is enabled.

Given that what arch_ima_get_secureboot() does is just to retrieve
secure boot status via EFI interfaces and can be decoupled with IMA,
refactor this functionality into integrity_get_efi_secureboot(), a
general helper in the integrity subsystem that both MOK loading and IMA
can make use of. By using the new helper, the implicit dependence of
CONFIG_LOAD_UEFI_KEYS on CONFIG_IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT is
removed.

Signed-off-by: GONG Ruiqi <gongruiqi1 at huawei.com>
---
 include/linux/integrity.h                     |  1 +
 security/integrity/Makefile                   |  1 +
 security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c              | 42 +----------------
 security/integrity/platform_certs/load_uefi.c |  3 +-
 security/integrity/secureboot.c               | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 security/integrity/secureboot.c

diff --git a/include/linux/integrity.h b/include/linux/integrity.h
index f5842372359b..157d29cab5cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/integrity.h
+++ b/include/linux/integrity.h
@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@ integrity_inode_attrs_changed(const struct integrity_inode_attributes *attrs,
 		!inode_eq_iversion(inode, attrs->version));
 }
 
+extern bool integrity_get_efi_secureboot(void);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_INTEGRITY_H */
diff --git a/security/integrity/Makefile b/security/integrity/Makefile
index 92b63039c654..3a216ea573fb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/Makefile
+++ b/security/integrity/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ integrity-$(CONFIG_LOAD_IPL_KEYS) += platform_certs/load_ipl_s390.o
 integrity-$(CONFIG_LOAD_PPC_KEYS) += platform_certs/efi_parser.o \
                                      platform_certs/load_powerpc.o \
                                      platform_certs/keyring_handler.o
+integrity-$(CONFIG_EFI) += secureboot.o
 # The relative order of the 'ima' and 'evm' LSMs depends on the order below.
 obj-$(CONFIG_IMA)			+= ima/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVM)			+= evm/
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c
index 9f9c30dcde17..3cf08f8ca3b7 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c
@@ -2,51 +2,13 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2018 IBM Corporation
  */
-#include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/ima.h>
-#include <asm/efi.h>
-
-#ifndef arch_integrity_efi_boot_mode
-#define arch_integrity_efi_boot_mode efi_secureboot_mode_unset
-#endif
-
-static enum efi_secureboot_mode get_sb_mode(void)
-{
-	enum efi_secureboot_mode mode;
-
-	if (!efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_GET_VARIABLE)) {
-		pr_info("ima: secureboot mode unknown, no efi\n");
-		return efi_secureboot_mode_unknown;
-	}
-
-	mode = efi_get_secureboot_mode(efi.get_variable);
-	if (mode == efi_secureboot_mode_disabled)
-		pr_info("ima: secureboot mode disabled\n");
-	else if (mode == efi_secureboot_mode_unknown)
-		pr_info("ima: secureboot mode unknown\n");
-	else
-		pr_info("ima: secureboot mode enabled\n");
-	return mode;
-}
+#include <linux/integrity.h>
 
 bool arch_ima_get_secureboot(void)
 {
-	static enum efi_secureboot_mode sb_mode;
-	static bool initialized;
-
-	if (!initialized && efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT)) {
-		sb_mode = arch_integrity_efi_boot_mode;
-
-		if (sb_mode == efi_secureboot_mode_unset)
-			sb_mode = get_sb_mode();
-		initialized = true;
-	}
-
-	if (sb_mode == efi_secureboot_mode_enabled)
-		return true;
-	else
-		return false;
+	return integrity_get_efi_secureboot();
 }
 
 /* secureboot arch rules */
diff --git a/security/integrity/platform_certs/load_uefi.c b/security/integrity/platform_certs/load_uefi.c
index d1fdd113450a..deebdbf4393e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/platform_certs/load_uefi.c
+++ b/security/integrity/platform_certs/load_uefi.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/ima.h>
 #include <keys/asymmetric-type.h>
 #include <keys/system_keyring.h>
 #include "../integrity.h"
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ static int __init load_uefi_certs(void)
 	}
 
 	/* the MOK/MOKx can not be trusted when secure boot is disabled */
-	if (!arch_ima_get_secureboot())
+	if (!integrity_get_efi_secureboot())
 		return 0;
 
 	mokx = get_cert_list(L"MokListXRT", &mok_var, &mokxsize, &status);
diff --git a/security/integrity/secureboot.c b/security/integrity/secureboot.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64207ae37e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/integrity/secureboot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
+ */
+#include <linux/efi.h>
+#include <linux/integrity.h>
+#include <asm/efi.h>
+
+#ifndef arch_integrity_efi_boot_mode
+#define arch_integrity_efi_boot_mode efi_secureboot_mode_unset
+#endif
+
+static enum efi_secureboot_mode get_sb_mode(void)
+{
+	enum efi_secureboot_mode mode;
+
+	if (!efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_GET_VARIABLE)) {
+		pr_info("integrity: secureboot mode unknown, no efi\n");
+		return efi_secureboot_mode_unknown;
+	}
+
+	mode = efi_get_secureboot_mode(efi.get_variable);
+	if (mode == efi_secureboot_mode_disabled)
+		pr_info("integrity: secureboot mode disabled\n");
+	else if (mode == efi_secureboot_mode_unknown)
+		pr_info("integrity: secureboot mode unknown\n");
+	else
+		pr_info("integrity: secureboot mode enabled\n");
+	return mode;
+}
+
+bool integrity_get_efi_secureboot(void)
+{
+	static enum efi_secureboot_mode sb_mode;
+	static bool initialized;
+
+	if (!initialized && efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT)) {
+		sb_mode = arch_integrity_efi_boot_mode;
+
+		if (sb_mode == efi_secureboot_mode_unset)
+			sb_mode = get_sb_mode();
+		initialized = true;
+	}
+
+	return sb_mode == efi_secureboot_mode_enabled;
+}
-- 
2.25.1




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