Re: [PATCH v12 9/9] ima: measure kexec load and exec events as critical data

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

On 4/18/2025 2:08 AM, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 04/15/25 at 07:10pm, steven chen wrote:
>> From: Steven Chen <chenste@linux.microsoft.com>
>>
>> The amount of memory allocated at kexec load, even with the extra memory
>> allocated, might not be large enough for the entire measurement list.  The
>> indeterminate interval between kexec 'load' and 'execute' could exacerbate
>> this problem.
>>
>> Define two new IMA events, 'kexec_load' and 'kexec_execute', to be
>> measured as critical data at kexec 'load' and 'execute' respectively.
>> Report the allocated kexec segment size, IMA binary log size and the
>> runtime measurements count as part of those events.
>>
>> These events, and the values reported through them, serve as markers in
>> the IMA log to verify the IMA events are captured during kexec soft
>> reboot.  The presence of a 'kexec_load' event in between the last two
>> 'boot_aggregate' events in the IMA log implies this is a kexec soft
>> reboot, and not a cold-boot. And the absence of 'kexec_execute' event
>> after kexec soft reboot implies missing events in that window which
>> results in inconsistency with TPM PCR quotes, necessitating a cold boot
>> for a successful remote attestation.
>>
>> These critical data events are displayed as hex encoded ascii in the
>> ascii_runtime_measurement_list.  Verifying the critical data hash requires
>> calculating the hash of the decoded ascii string.
>>
>> For example, to verify the 'kexec_load' data hash:
>>
>> sudo cat /sys/kernel/security/integrity/ima/ascii_runtime_measurements
>> | grep  kexec_load | cut -d' ' -f 6 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum
>>
>>
>> To verify the 'kexec_execute' data hash:
>>
>> sudo cat /sys/kernel/security/integrity/ima/ascii_runtime_measurements
>> | grep kexec_execute | cut -d' ' -f 6 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu@linux.microsoft.com>
>    ^^^^^
>> Signed-off-by: Steven Chen <chenste@linux.microsoft.com>
>    ^^^^^
Hi Baoquan,

I will add Co-developed-by tag in next version.

Thanks,

Steven
>> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   security/integrity/ima/ima.h       |  6 ++++++
>>   security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>   security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c |  5 +++++
>>   3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
> Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
>
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
>> index 24d09ea91b87..34815baf5e21 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
>> @@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ void ima_post_key_create_or_update(struct key *keyring, struct key *key,
>>   				   unsigned long flags, bool create);
>>   #endif
>>   
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>> +void ima_measure_kexec_event(const char *event_name);
>> +#else
>> +static inline void ima_measure_kexec_event(const char *event_name) {}
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   /*
>>    * The default binary_runtime_measurements list format is defined as the
>>    * platform native format.  The canonical format is defined as little-endian.
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>> index d1c9d369ba08..38cb2500f4c3 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
>> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
>>   #include "ima.h"
>>   
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>> +#define IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN 256
>> +
>>   static bool ima_kexec_update_registered;
>>   static struct seq_file ima_kexec_file;
>>   static size_t kexec_segment_size;
>> @@ -31,6 +33,24 @@ static void ima_free_kexec_file_buf(struct seq_file *sf)
>>   	sf->count = 0;
>>   }
>>   
>> +void ima_measure_kexec_event(const char *event_name)
>> +{
>> +	char ima_kexec_event[IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN];
>> +	size_t buf_size = 0;
>> +	long len;
>> +	int n;
>> +
>> +	buf_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size();
>> +	len = atomic_long_read(&ima_htable.len);
>> +
>> +	n = scnprintf(ima_kexec_event, IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN,
>> +		      "kexec_segment_size=%lu;ima_binary_runtime_size=%lu;"
>> +		      "ima_runtime_measurements_count=%ld;",
>> +		      kexec_segment_size, buf_size, len);
>> +
>> +	ima_measure_critical_data("ima_kexec", event_name, ima_kexec_event, n, false, NULL, 0);
>> +}
>> +
>>   static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>>   {
>>   	/*
>> @@ -53,6 +73,7 @@ static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>>   out:
>>   	ima_kexec_file.read_pos = 0;
>>   	ima_kexec_file.count = sizeof(struct ima_kexec_hdr);	/* reserved space */
>> +	ima_measure_kexec_event("kexec_load");
>>   
>>   	return 0;
>>   }
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
>> index 83d53824aa98..590637e81ad1 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
>> @@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ static int ima_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>>   			       unsigned long action,
>>   			       void *data)
>>   {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>> +	if (action == SYS_RESTART && data && !strcmp(data, "kexec reboot"))
>> +		ima_measure_kexec_event("kexec_execute");
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   	ima_measurements_suspend();
>>   
>>   	return NOTIFY_DONE;
>> -- 
>> 2.43.0
>>