From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: brdeoliv@redhat.com (Bruno E. O. Meneguele) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 18:23:47 -0200 Subject: [PATCH v2] ima: log message to module appraisal error Message-ID: <20171204202347.16261-1-brdeoliv@redhat.com> To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-security-module.vger.kernel.org Simple but useful message log to the user in case of module appraise is forced and fails due to the lack of file descriptor, that might be caused by kmod calls to compressed modules. Signed-off-by: Bruno E. O. Meneguele --- security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c index 770654694efc..95ec39910058 100644 --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c @@ -366,8 +366,12 @@ int ima_read_file(struct file *file, enum kernel_read_file_id read_id) if (!file && read_id == READING_MODULE) { if (!sig_enforce && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_MODULES) && - (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE)) + (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE)) { + pr_err("impossible to appraise a module without a file \ + descriptor. sig_enforce kernel parameter might \ + help\n"); return -EACCES; /* INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN */ + } return 0; /* We rely on module signature checking */ } return 0; -- 2.14.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-security-module" in the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html