Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 4 authors, 2022-05-17

Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dm: Add verity helpers for LoadPin

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2022-05-17 03:38:26
Also in: dm-devel, linux-raid, lkml

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 11:51:54AM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
'targets' are different types of DM mappings like 'linear' or 'verity'. A
device mapper table contains has one or more targets that define the mapping
of the blocks of the mapped device.

Having spelled that out I realize that the above check is wrong. It would
consider a device like this trusted:

0 10000000 linear 8:1
10000000 10001000 verity <params>

In the above case only a small part of the DM device would be backed by verity.

I think we want a table with a single entry that is a verity target.
Ah-ha! Okay, that's what I was worried about. Yes, a device made up
of only trusted verity targets should be the only trusted device. (So,
technically it could be more than 1 verity target, but each would need
to be trusted. Supporting that arrangement, though, may be overkill --
I would expect a 1:1 mapping as you suggest.

-- 
Kees Cook
Keyboard shortcuts
hback out one level
jnext message in thread
kprevious message in thread
ldrill in
Escclose help / fold thread tree
?toggle this help