Re: [PATCH v12 9/9] ima: measure kexec load and exec events as critical data

[Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>]

On 04/15/25 at 07:10pm, steven chen wrote:
> From: Steven Chen <chenste@linux.microsoft.com>
> 
> The amount of memory allocated at kexec load, even with the extra memory
> allocated, might not be large enough for the entire measurement list.  The
> indeterminate interval between kexec 'load' and 'execute' could exacerbate
> this problem.
> 
> Define two new IMA events, 'kexec_load' and 'kexec_execute', to be 
> measured as critical data at kexec 'load' and 'execute' respectively.
> Report the allocated kexec segment size, IMA binary log size and the
> runtime measurements count as part of those events.
> 
> These events, and the values reported through them, serve as markers in
> the IMA log to verify the IMA events are captured during kexec soft
> reboot.  The presence of a 'kexec_load' event in between the last two
> 'boot_aggregate' events in the IMA log implies this is a kexec soft
> reboot, and not a cold-boot. And the absence of 'kexec_execute' event
> after kexec soft reboot implies missing events in that window which
> results in inconsistency with TPM PCR quotes, necessitating a cold boot
> for a successful remote attestation.
> 
> These critical data events are displayed as hex encoded ascii in the
> ascii_runtime_measurement_list.  Verifying the critical data hash requires 
> calculating the hash of the decoded ascii string.  
> 
> For example, to verify the 'kexec_load' data hash:
> 
> sudo cat /sys/kernel/security/integrity/ima/ascii_runtime_measurements 
> | grep  kexec_load | cut -d' ' -f 6 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum
> 
> 
> To verify the 'kexec_execute' data hash:
> 
> sudo cat /sys/kernel/security/integrity/ima/ascii_runtime_measurements 
> | grep kexec_execute | cut -d' ' -f 6 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu@linux.microsoft.com>
  ^^^^^
> Signed-off-by: Steven Chen <chenste@linux.microsoft.com>
  ^^^^^
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  security/integrity/ima/ima.h       |  6 ++++++
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c |  5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>

> 
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> index 24d09ea91b87..34815baf5e21 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> @@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ void ima_post_key_create_or_update(struct key *keyring, struct key *key,
>  				   unsigned long flags, bool create);
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
> +void ima_measure_kexec_event(const char *event_name);
> +#else
> +static inline void ima_measure_kexec_event(const char *event_name) {}
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   * The default binary_runtime_measurements list format is defined as the
>   * platform native format.  The canonical format is defined as little-endian.
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> index d1c9d369ba08..38cb2500f4c3 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
>  #include "ima.h"
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
> +#define IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN 256
> +
>  static bool ima_kexec_update_registered;
>  static struct seq_file ima_kexec_file;
>  static size_t kexec_segment_size;
> @@ -31,6 +33,24 @@ static void ima_free_kexec_file_buf(struct seq_file *sf)
>  	sf->count = 0;
>  }
>  
> +void ima_measure_kexec_event(const char *event_name)
> +{
> +	char ima_kexec_event[IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN];
> +	size_t buf_size = 0;
> +	long len;
> +	int n;
> +
> +	buf_size = ima_get_binary_runtime_size();
> +	len = atomic_long_read(&ima_htable.len);
> +
> +	n = scnprintf(ima_kexec_event, IMA_KEXEC_EVENT_LEN,
> +		      "kexec_segment_size=%lu;ima_binary_runtime_size=%lu;"
> +		      "ima_runtime_measurements_count=%ld;",
> +		      kexec_segment_size, buf_size, len);
> +
> +	ima_measure_critical_data("ima_kexec", event_name, ima_kexec_event, n, false, NULL, 0);
> +}
> +
>  static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>  {
>  	/*
> @@ -53,6 +73,7 @@ static int ima_alloc_kexec_file_buf(size_t segment_size)
>  out:
>  	ima_kexec_file.read_pos = 0;
>  	ima_kexec_file.count = sizeof(struct ima_kexec_hdr);	/* reserved space */
> +	ima_measure_kexec_event("kexec_load");
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
> index 83d53824aa98..590637e81ad1 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
> @@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ static int ima_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  			       unsigned long action,
>  			       void *data)
>  {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
> +	if (action == SYS_RESTART && data && !strcmp(data, "kexec reboot"))
> +		ima_measure_kexec_event("kexec_execute");
> +#endif
> +
>  	ima_measurements_suspend();
>  
>  	return NOTIFY_DONE;
> -- 
> 2.43.0
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