Re: [PATCH v10 2/8] ima: define and call ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf()

[steven chen <chenste@linux.microsoft.com>]

On 3/20/2025 6:06 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Thu, 2025-03-20 at 09:51 +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
>>>>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>>>>> index 8567619889d1..45170e283272 100644
>>>>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>>>>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>>>>> @@ -15,6 +15,48 @@
>>>>>    #include "ima.h"
>>>>>    
>>>>>    #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>>>>> +static struct seq_file ima_kexec_file;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +static void ima_reset_kexec_file(struct seq_file *sf)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	sf->buf = NULL;
>>>>> +	sf->size = 0;
>>>>> +	sf->read_pos = 0;
>>>>> +	sf->count = 0;
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +static void ima_free_kexec_file_buf(struct seq_file *sf)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	vfree(sf->buf);
>>>>> +	ima_reset_kexec_file(sf);
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	/*
>>>>> +	 * kexec 'load' may be called multiple times.
>>>>> +	 * Free and realloc the buffer only if the segment_size is
>>>>> +	 * changed from the previous kexec 'load' call.
>>>>> +	 */
>>>>> +	if (ima_kexec_file.buf && ima_kexec_file.size == segment_size)
>>>>> +		goto out;
>>> The call to ima_reset_kexec_file() in ima_add_kexec_buffer() resets
>>> ima_kexec_file.buf() hiding the fact that the above test always fails and falls
>>> through.  As a result, 'buf' is always being re-allocated.
> Hi Steven,
>
> [Reiterating the comment in the "ima: kexec: move IMA log copy from kexec load
> to execute" thread, here, for completeness.]
>
> Instead of adding and then removing the ima_reset_kexec_file() call from
> ima_add_kexec_buffer(), defer adding the segment size test to when it is
> actually possible for the segment size to change. Please make the segment size
> test as a separate patch.
>
> ima_reset_kexec_file() will then only be called by ima_free_kexec_file_buf().
> Inline the ima_reset_kexec_file() code in ima_free_kexec_file_buf().
>
> thanks,
>
> Mimi

Hi Mimi,

I will update in next version.

Thanks,

Steven