Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] ima: make the kexec extra memory configurable

[Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>]

> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
>  				  .buf_min = 0, .buf_max = ULONG_MAX,
>  				  .top_down = true };
>  	unsigned long binary_runtime_size;
> +	unsigned long extra_size;
>  
>  	/* use more understandable variable names than defined in kbuf */
>  	void *kexec_buffer = NULL;
> @@ -128,15 +129,19 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Reserve an extra half page of memory for additional measurements
> -	 * added during the kexec load.
> +	 * Reserve extra memory for measurements added during kexec.
>  	 */

The memory is still being allocated at kexec "load",  so the extra memory is for
additional measurement records "since" kexec load.

Mimi

> -	binary_runtime_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size();
> +	if (CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_MEMORY_KB <= 0)
> +		extra_size = PAGE_SIZE / 2;
> +	else
> +		extra_size = CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC_EXTRA_MEMORY_KB * 1024;
> +	binary_runtime_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size() + extra_size;
> +
>  	if (binary_runtime_size >= ULONG_MAX - PAGE_SIZE)
>  		kexec_segment_size = ULONG_MAX;
>  	else
> -		kexec_segment_size = ALIGN(ima_get_binary_runtime_size() +
> -					   PAGE_SIZE / 2, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		kexec_segment_size = ALIGN(binary_runtime_size, PAGE_SIZE);
> +
>  	if ((kexec_segment_size == ULONG_MAX) ||
>  	    ((kexec_segment_size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages() / 2)) {
>  		pr_err("Binary measurement list too large.\n");