Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] IMA: Add KEY_CHECK func to measure keys

On 11/13/2019 12:14 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:

quoted

@@ -655,6 +655,13 @@ void process_buffer_measurement(const void *buf, int size,
  	int action = 0;
  	u32 secid;
  
+	/*
+	 * If IMA is not yet initialized or IMA policy is empty
+	 * then there is no need to measure.
+	 */
+	if (!ima_policy_flag)
+		return;
+

This addition has nothing to do with defining a new IMA hook and
should be a separate patch.  This can be posted independently of this
patch set.

Mimi

I'll move this change to a different patch,
but it has to be either part of this patch set or the above change alone needs to be taken before this patch set for the following reason:

The IMA hook gets called early in the boot process (for example, when builtin_trusted_keys are added). If the above check is not there, ima_get_action() is called and causes kernel panic (since IMA is not yet initialized).

thanks,
 -lakshmi