From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Frederick Lawler <fred@cloudflare.com>,
Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com, paul@paul-moore.com,
jmorris@namei.org, serge@hallyn.com,
linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.12 24/37] ima: process_measurement() needlessly takes inode_lock() on MAY_READ
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:51:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250429235122.537321-24-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250429235122.537321-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Frederick Lawler <fred@cloudflare.com>
[ Upstream commit 30d68cb0c37ebe2dc63aa1d46a28b9163e61caa2 ]
On IMA policy update, if a measure rule exists in the policy,
IMA_MEASURE is set for ima_policy_flags which makes the violation_check
variable always true. Coupled with a no-action on MAY_READ for a
FILE_CHECK call, we're always taking the inode_lock().
This becomes a performance problem for extremely heavy read-only workloads.
Therefore, prevent this only in the case there's no action to be taken.
Signed-off-by: Frederick Lawler <fred@cloudflare.com>
Acked-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index a9aab10bebcaa..2f3f267e72167 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,
&allowed_algos);
violation_check = ((func == FILE_CHECK || func == MMAP_CHECK ||
func == MMAP_CHECK_REQPROT) &&
- (ima_policy_flag & IMA_MEASURE));
+ (ima_policy_flag & IMA_MEASURE) &&
+ ((action & IMA_MEASURE) ||
+ (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)));
if (!action && !violation_check)
return 0;
--
2.39.5
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