Re: [PATCH] lockdown: kexec_file: prevent unsigned kernel image when KEXEC_SIG not enabled

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Mon Nov 21 2022 - 13:24:57 EST


Hi Coiby,

On Mon, 2022-11-21 at 15:29 +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> A kernel builder may not enable KEXEC_SIG and some architectures like
> ppc64 simply don't have KEXEC_SIG. In these cases, unless both
> IMA_ARCH_POLICY and secure boot also enabled, lockdown doesn't prevent
> unsigned kernel image from being kexec'ed via the kexec_file_load
> syscall whereas it could prevent one via the kexec_load syscall. Mandate
> signature verification for those cases.
>
> Fixes: 155bdd30af17 ("kexec_file: Restrict at runtime if the kernel is locked down")
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Other than correcting the function name to mandate_signature_verificati
on(),

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>