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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org"
	<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>,
	"maxim.uvarov@oracle.com" <maxim.uvarov@oracle.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 00/11] xen: Initial kexec/kdump implementation
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:14:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50F080C6.5070206@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130111210801.GC12019@redhat.com>

On 01/11/2013 01:08 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>>
>> A signed /sbin/kexec would realistically have to be statically linked,
>> at least in the short term; otherwise the libraries and ld.so would need
>> verification as well.
>
> Yes. That's the expectation. Sign only statically linked exeutables which
> don't do any of dlopen() stuff either.
>
> In fact in the patch, I fail the exec() if signed executable has
> interpreter.
>

As I said, though (and possibly not for kexec, that depends): in the 
long term we probably want a way to be able to sign all kinds binaries 
in the system.

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org"
	<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>,
	"maxim.uvarov@oracle.com" <maxim.uvarov@oracle.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 00/11] xen: Initial kexec/kdump implementation
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:14:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50F080C6.5070206@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130111210801.GC12019@redhat.com>

On 01/11/2013 01:08 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>>
>> A signed /sbin/kexec would realistically have to be statically linked,
>> at least in the short term; otherwise the libraries and ld.so would need
>> verification as well.
>
> Yes. That's the expectation. Sign only statically linked exeutables which
> don't do any of dlopen() stuff either.
>
> In fact in the patch, I fail the exec() if signed executable has
> interpreter.
>

As I said, though (and possibly not for kexec, that depends): in the 
long term we probably want a way to be able to sign all kinds binaries 
in the system.

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>,
	"xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>,
	"maxim.uvarov@oracle.com" <maxim.uvarov@oracle.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 00/11] xen: Initial kexec/kdump implementation
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:14:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50F080C6.5070206@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130111210801.GC12019@redhat.com>

On 01/11/2013 01:08 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>>
>> A signed /sbin/kexec would realistically have to be statically linked,
>> at least in the short term; otherwise the libraries and ld.so would need
>> verification as well.
>
> Yes. That's the expectation. Sign only statically linked exeutables which
> don't do any of dlopen() stuff either.
>
> In fact in the patch, I fail the exec() if signed executable has
> interpreter.
>

As I said, though (and possibly not for kexec, that depends): in the 
long term we probably want a way to be able to sign all kinds binaries 
in the system.

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-11 21:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 187+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-27  2:18 [PATCH v3 00/11] xen: Initial kexec/kdump implementation Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18 ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18 ` [PATCH v3 01/11] kexec: introduce kexec firmware support Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18   ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18   ` [PATCH v3 02/11] x86/kexec: Add extra pointers to transition page table PGD, PUD, PMD and PTE Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18   ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18     ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18     ` [PATCH v3 03/11] xen: Introduce architecture independent data for kexec/kdump Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18       ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18       ` [PATCH v3 04/11] x86/xen: Introduce architecture dependent " Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18       ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18         ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18         ` [PATCH v3 05/11] x86/xen: Register resources required by kexec-tools Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18         ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18           ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18           ` [PATCH v3 06/11] x86/xen: Add i386 kexec/kdump implementation Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18             ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18             ` [PATCH v3 07/11] x86/xen: Add x86_64 " Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18               ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18               ` [PATCH v3 08/11] x86/xen: Add kexec/kdump Kconfig and makefile rules Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                 ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] x86/xen/enlighten: Add init and crash kexec/kdump hooks Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                 ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                   ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                   ` [PATCH v3 10/11] drivers/xen: Export vmcoreinfo through sysfs Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                   ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18                     ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:19                     ` [PATCH v3 11/11] x86: Add Xen kexec control code size check to linker script Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:19                       ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:19                     ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27 18:53                   ` [PATCH v3 09/11] x86/xen/enlighten: Add init and crash kexec/kdump hooks H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27 18:53                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27 18:53                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  2:18               ` [PATCH v3 08/11] x86/xen: Add kexec/kdump Kconfig and makefile rules Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18             ` [PATCH v3 07/11] x86/xen: Add x86_64 kexec/kdump implementation Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  4:00             ` [PATCH v3 06/11] x86/xen: Add i386 " H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  4:00               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  4:00               ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  2:18           ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  2:18     ` [PATCH v3 03/11] xen: Introduce architecture independent data for kexec/kdump Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  3:33     ` [PATCH v3 02/11] x86/kexec: Add extra pointers to transition page table PGD, PUD, PMD and PTE H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  3:33       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-03  9:34     ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-03  9:34       ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-03  9:34       ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 15:15       ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 15:15         ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 15:15         ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 16:12         ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 16:12           ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 16:12           ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 17:25           ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 17:25             ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 17:25             ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07  9:48             ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07  9:48               ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07 12:52               ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 12:52                 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 12:52                 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 13:05                 ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07 13:05                   ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-07 13:05                   ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-09 18:42                   ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-09 18:42                   ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-09 18:42                     ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07  9:48             ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-10 14:07         ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2013-01-10 14:07           ` David Vrabel
2013-01-10 14:07           ` David Vrabel
2013-01-11 13:36           ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 13:36             ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 13:36             ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  4:46   ` [PATCH v3 01/11] kexec: introduce kexec firmware support Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27  4:46     ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27  4:46     ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27  2:18 ` Daniel Kiper
2012-12-27  4:02 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] xen: Initial kexec/kdump implementation H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  4:02   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  4:02   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-12-27  7:53   ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27  7:53     ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27  7:53     ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27 14:18     ` Andrew Cooper
2012-12-27 14:18       ` Andrew Cooper
2012-12-27 14:18       ` Andrew Cooper
2012-12-27 18:02       ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27 18:02         ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-12-27 18:02         ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-02 11:26         ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2013-01-02 11:26           ` Andrew Cooper
2013-01-02 11:26           ` Andrew Cooper
2013-01-02 11:47           ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-02 11:47             ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-02 11:47             ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-03  9:31           ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-03  9:31             ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-03  9:31             ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 14:22           ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 14:22             ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 14:22             ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 14:34             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-04 14:34               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-04 14:34               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-04 14:34             ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-04 14:34               ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-04 14:34               ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-04 14:38             ` David Vrabel
2013-01-04 14:38               ` David Vrabel
2013-01-04 17:01               ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 17:01                 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 17:01                 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-10 14:19                 ` David Vrabel
2013-01-10 14:19                   ` David Vrabel
2013-01-10 14:19                   ` David Vrabel
2013-01-11 13:22                   ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 13:22                     ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 13:22                     ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 15:22                     ` David Vrabel
2013-01-11 15:22                       ` David Vrabel
2013-01-11 15:22                       ` David Vrabel
2013-01-11 17:34                       ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 17:34                         ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 17:34                         ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 20:05                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11 20:05                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11 20:05                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-04 14:38             ` David Vrabel
2013-01-04 14:41             ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 14:41               ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 14:41               ` Jan Beulich
2013-01-04 17:07               ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 17:07                 ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-04 19:11                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-04 19:11                   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-04 19:11                   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-07 10:25                   ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 10:25                   ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 10:25                     ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 10:46                     ` Andrew Cooper
2013-01-07 10:46                       ` Andrew Cooper
2013-01-07 10:46                       ` Andrew Cooper
2013-01-07 10:54                       ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 10:54                         ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 10:54                         ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 12:34                   ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 12:34                     ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 12:34                     ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 13:49                     ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 13:49                     ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-07 13:49                       ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-11 13:47                       ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 13:47                         ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-11 13:47                         ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-07 16:20                     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-07 16:20                       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-07 16:20                       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-11  4:16                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11  4:16                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11  4:16                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11 16:55                         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-11 16:55                           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-11 16:55                           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-01-11 20:26                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 20:26                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 20:26                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 20:43                             ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 20:43                               ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 20:43                               ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 20:26                           ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11 20:26                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11 20:26                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-01-11 20:52                             ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 20:52                               ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 20:52                               ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 21:03                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 21:03                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 21:08                                 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 21:08                                   ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 21:14                                   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-01-11 21:14                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 21:14                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-11 21:08                                 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-01-11 21:03                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-04 17:07               ` Daniel Kiper
2013-01-02 15:27       ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-02 15:27       ` Ian Campbell
2013-01-02 15:27         ` Ian Campbell

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