[PATCH] ima: Use KEXEC_SIG_FORCE for rejecting unsigned kexec images

Chi Wang wangchi05 at 163.com
Wed Apr 15 10:23:19 UTC 2026


From: Chi Wang <wangchi at kylinos.cn>

Following the split of KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG into KEXEC_SIG and KEXEC_SIG_FORCE,
only KEXEC_SIG_FORCE indicates that unsigned kernel images must be rejected.
KEXEC_SIG alone enables signature verification but permits unsigned images,
so it should not trigger the IMA appraisal denial for kexec_load.

Update the condition in ima_load_data() to check for KEXEC_SIG_FORCE
instead of KEXEC_SIG.

Fixes: 99d5cadfde2b ("kexec_file: split KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG into KEXEC_SIG and KEXEC_SIG_FORCE")

Signed-off-by: Chi Wang <wangchi at kylinos.cn>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 1d6229b156fb..ec70e78ab8cd 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static int ima_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id, bool contents)

 	switch (id) {
 	case LOADING_KEXEC_IMAGE:
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG)
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG_FORCE)
 		    && arch_ima_get_secureboot()) {
 			pr_err("impossible to appraise a kernel image without a file descriptor; try using kexec_file_load syscall.\n");
 			return -EACCES;
--
2.25.1




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