Re: TPM: hibernate with IMA PCR 10

From: Evan Green
Date: Wed Sep 07 2022 - 16:48:32 EST


On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 7:48 PM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 02:51:50PM -0700, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 2:45 PM Ken Goldman <kgold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 5/4/2022 7:20 PM, Evan Green wrote:
> > > > Enabling the kernel to be able to do encryption and integrity checks on
> > > > the hibernate image prevents a malicious userspace from escalating to
> > > > kernel execution via hibernation resume. [snip]
> > >
> > > I have a related question.
> > >
> > > When a TPM powers up from hibernation, PCR 10 is reset. When a
> > > hibernate image is restored:
> > >
> > > 1. Is there a design for how PCR 10 is restored?
> >
> > I don't see anything that does that at present.
> >
> > > 2. How are /sys/kernel/security/ima/[pseudofiles] saved and
> > > restored?
> >
> > They're part of the running kernel state, so should re-appear without
> > any special casing. However, in the absence of anything repopulating
> > PCR 10, they'll no longer match the in-TPM value.
>
> This feature could still be supported, if IMA is disabled
> in the kernel configuration, which I see a non-issue as
> long as config flag checks are there.

Right, from what I understand about IMA, the TPM's PCR getting out of
sync with the in-kernel measurement list across a hibernate (because
TPM is reset) or kexec() (because in-memory list gets reset) is
already a problem. This series doesn't really address that, in that it
doesn't really make that situation better or worse.

-Evan