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From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 5/5] fsverity: update the documentation
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:21:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220318182151.100847-6-zohar@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220318182151.100847-1-zohar@linux.ibm.com>

Update the fsverity documentation related to IMA signature support.

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
index 1d831e3cbcb3..28a47488848e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ authenticating the files is up to userspace.  However, to meet some
 users' needs, fs-verity optionally supports a simple signature
 verification mechanism where users can configure the kernel to require
 that all fs-verity files be signed by a key loaded into a keyring; see
-`Built-in signature verification`_.  Support for fs-verity file hashes
-in IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) policies is also planned.
+`Built-in signature verification`_.
+
+IMA supports including fs-verity file digests and signatures in the
+IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) measurement list and
+verifying fs-verity based file signatures stored as security.ima
+xattrs, based on policy.
 
 User API
 ========
@@ -653,13 +657,13 @@ weren't already directly answered in other parts of this document.
     hashed and what to do with those hashes, such as log them,
     authenticate them, or add them to a measurement list.
 
-    IMA is planned to support the fs-verity hashing mechanism as an
-    alternative to doing full file hashes, for people who want the
-    performance and security benefits of the Merkle tree based hash.
-    But it doesn't make sense to force all uses of fs-verity to be
-    through IMA.  As a standalone filesystem feature, fs-verity
-    already meets many users' needs, and it's testable like other
-    filesystem features e.g. with xfstests.
+    IMA supports the fs-verity hashing mechanism as an alternative
+    to doing full file hashes, for people who want the performance
+    and security benefits of the Merkle tree based hash.  But it
+    doesn't make sense to force all uses of fs-verity to be through
+    IMA.  As a standalone filesystem feature, fs-verity already meets
+    many users' needs, and it's testable like other filesystem
+    features e.g. with xfstests.
 
 :Q: Isn't fs-verity useless because the attacker can just modify the
     hashes in the Merkle tree, which is stored on-disk?
-- 
2.27.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-03-18 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-18 18:21 [PATCH v6 0/5] ima: support fs-verity digests and signatures Mimi Zohar
2022-03-18 18:21 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] fs-verity: define a function to return the integrity protected file digest Mimi Zohar
2022-03-18 18:21 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] ima: define a new template field named 'd-ngv2' and templates Mimi Zohar
2022-03-21 12:53   ` Stefan Berger
2022-03-21 19:48     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-21 20:46       ` Stefan Berger
2022-03-18 18:21 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] ima: permit fsverity's file digests in the IMA measurement list Mimi Zohar
2022-03-21 12:59   ` Stefan Berger
2022-03-21 19:54     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-18 18:21 ` [PATCH v6 4/5] ima: support fs-verity file digest based version 3 signatures Mimi Zohar
2022-03-21 13:10   ` Stefan Berger
2022-03-25 12:31     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-25 13:49       ` Stefan Berger
2022-03-18 18:21 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2022-03-18 20:55   ` [PATCH v6 5/5] fsverity: update the documentation Stefan Berger
2022-03-21 12:55     ` Mimi Zohar

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