Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 4 authors, 2019-06-14

Re: [PATCH V8 3/3] Call ima_kexec_cmdline to measure the cmdline args

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From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Date: 2019-06-13 20:20:24
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On Wed, 2019-06-12 at 15:15 -0700, Prakhar Srivastava wrote:
During soft reboot(kexec_file_load) boot cmdline args
Any reason for not spelling it out and using the "boot command line"?
are not measured.Thus the new kernel on load boots with
an assumption of cold reboot.
Double spaces after a period.

What does "boots with an assumption of cold reboot" mean?  Not all
systems are booted the same way.  Is this comment relevant?
This patch makes a call to the ima hook ima_kexec_cmdline,
added in "Define a new IMA hook to measure the boot command
line arguments"
"added in ..." is unnecessry.
to measure the boot cmdline args into the ima log.
^IMA measurement list.

Mimi
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