Re: [PATCH v10 09/12] ima: Implement support for module-style appended signatures

[Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>]

Hi Thiago,

On Thu, 2019-04-18 at 00:51 -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> 
> @@ -326,6 +356,10 @@ int ima_appraise_measurement(enum ima_hooks func,
>         case INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN:
>                 break;
>         case INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS:        /* No EVM protected xattrs. */
> +               /* It's fine not to have xattrs when using a modsig. */
> +               if (try_modsig)
> +                       break;
> +               /* fall through */
>         case INTEGRITY_NOLABEL:         /* No security.evm xattr. */
>                 cause = "missing-HMAC";
>                 goto out;
> @@ -340,6 +374,14 @@ int ima_appraise_measurement(enum ima_hooks func,
>                 rc = xattr_verify(func, iint, xattr_value, xattr_len, &status,
>                                   &cause);
>  
> +       /*
> +        * If we have a modsig and either no imasig or the imasig's key isn't
> +        * known, then try verifying the modsig.
> +        */
> +       if (status != INTEGRITY_PASS && try_modsig &&
> +           (!xattr_value || rc = -ENOKEY))
> +               rc = modsig_verify(func, modsig, &status, &cause);

EVM protects other security xattrs, not just security.ima, if they
exist.  As a result, evm_verifyxattr() could pass based on the other
security xattrs.

Mimi

> +
>  out:
>         /*
>          * File signatures on some filesystems can not be properly verified.