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    ima: define an init_module critical data record · cc293c84
    Mimi Zohar authored
    The init_module syscall loads an ELF image into kernel space without
    measuring the buffer containing the ELF image.  To close this kernel
    module integrity gap, define a new critical-data record which includes
    the hash of the ELF image.
    
    Instead of including the buffer data in the IMA measurement list,
    include the hash of the buffer data to avoid large IMA measurement
    list records.  The buffer data hash would be the same value as the
    finit_module syscall file hash.
    
    To enable measuring the init_module buffer and other critical data from
    boot, define "ima_policy=critical_data" on the boot command line.  Since
    builtin policies are not persistent, a custom IMA policy must include
    the rule as well: measure func=CRITICAL_DATA label=modules
    
    To verify the template data hash value, first convert the buffer data
    hash to binary:
    grep "init_module" \
    	/sys/kernel/security/integrity/ima/ascii_runtime_measurements | \
    	tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f 6 | xxd -r -p | sha256sum
    Reported-by: default avatarKen Goldman <kgold@linux.ibm.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
    cc293c84
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