Re: [PATCH] ima: add a new CONFIG for loading arch-specific policies

Mimi Zohar
2020-02-26T20:36:32Z

On Wed, 2020-02-26 at 11:21 -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Hi Nayna,
>
> > +
> > +config IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT
> > + bool
> > + depends on IMA
> > + depends on IMA_ARCH_POLICY
> > + default n
> > + help
> > + This option is selected by architectures to enable secure and/or
> > + trusted boot based on IMA runtime policies.
> >
>
> Why is the default for this new config "n"?
> Is there any reason to not turn on this config if both IMA and
> IMA_ARCH_POLICY are set to y?

Good catch.  Having "IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT" depend on
"IMA_ARCH_POLICY" doesn't make sense.  "IMA_ARCH_POLICY" needs to be
selected.

thanks,

Mimi