[v8,0/3] IMA: Deferred measurement of keys

Message

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian Jan. 9, 2020, 2:42 a.m. UTC

The IMA subsystem supports measuring asymmetric keys when the key is
created or updated[1]. But keys created or updated before a custom
IMA policy is loaded are currently not measured. This includes keys
added, for instance, to either the .ima or .builtin_trusted_keys keyrings,
which happens early in the boot process.

Measuring the early boot keys, by design, requires loading
a custom IMA policy. This change adds support for queuing keys
created or updated before a custom IMA policy is loaded.
The queued keys are processed when a custom policy is loaded.
Keys created or updated after a custom policy is loaded are measured
immediately (not queued). In the case when a custom policy is not loaded
within 5 minutes of IMA initialization, the queued keys are freed.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[e-mail]/

Testing performed:

  * Ran kernel self-test following the instructions given in
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kselftest.txt
  * Ran the lkp-tests using the job script provided by
    kernel test robot <[e-mail]>
  * Booted the kernel with this change.
  * Added .builtin_trusted_keys in "keyrings=" option in
    the IMA policy and verified the keys added to this
    keyring are measured.
  * Specified only func=KEY_CHECK and not "keyrings=" option,
    and verified the keys added to builtin_trusted_keys keyring
    are processed.
  * Added keys at runtime and verified they are measured
    if the IMA policy permitted.
      => For example, added keys to .ima keyring and verified.

Changelog:

  v8

  => Rebased the changes to linux-next
  => Need to apply the following patch first
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[e-mail]/

  v7

  => Updated cover letter per Mimi's suggestions.
  => Updated "Reported-by" tag to be specific about
     the issues fixed in the patch.

  v6

  => Replaced mutex with a spinlock to sychronize access to
     queued keys. This fixes the problem reported by
     "kernel test robot <[e-mail]>"
     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[e-mail]/T/#t
  => Changed ima_queue_key() to a static function. This fixes
     the issue reported by "kbuild test robot <[e-mail]>"
     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[e-mail]/
  => Added the patch to free the queued keys if a custom IMA policy
     was not loaded to this patch set.

  v5

  => Removed temp keys list in ima_process_queued_keys()

  v4

  => Check and set ima_process_keys flag with mutex held.

  v3

  => Defined ima_process_keys flag to be static.
  => Set ima_process_keys with ima_keys_mutex held.
  => Added a comment in ima_process_queued_keys() function
     to state the use of temporary list for keys.

  v2

  => Rebased the changes to v5.5-rc1
  => Updated function names, variable names, and code comments
     to be less verbose.

  v1

  => Code cleanup

  v0

  => Based changes on v5.4-rc8
  => The following patchsets should be applied in that order
     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[e-mail]
     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[e-mail]/
  => Added functions to queue and dequeue keys, and process
     the queued keys when custom IMA policies are applied.

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian (3):
  IMA: Define workqueue for early boot key measurements
  IMA: Call workqueue functions to measure queued keys
  IMA: Defined timer to free queued keys

 security/integrity/ima/ima.h                 |  17 ++
 security/integrity/ima/ima_asymmetric_keys.c | 159 +++++++++++++++++++
 security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c            |   8 +-
 security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c          |   3 +
 4 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)