Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ima: on soft reboot, restore the measurement list

From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:19:28 -0300

Am Dienstag, 09 August 2016, 09:01:13 schrieb Mimi Zohar:
> On Tue, 2016-08-09 at 20:59 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > Mimi Zohar <[email-masked]> writes:
> > > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > index b5728da..84e8d36 100644
> > > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> > > @@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ struct ima_queue_entry {
> > > 
> > >  };
> > >  extern struct list_head ima_measurements;	/* list of all 
measurements
> > >  */
> > > 
> > > +/* Some details preceding the binary serialized measurement list */
> > > +struct ima_kexec_hdr {
> > > +	unsigned short version;
> > > +	unsigned long buffer_size;
> > > +	unsigned long count;
> > > +} __packed;
> > > +
> > 
> > Am I understanding it correctly that this structure is passed between
> > kernels?
> Yes, the header prefixes the measurement list, which is being passed on
> the same computer to the next kernel.  Could the architecture (eg.
> LE/BE) change between soft re-boots?

Yes. I am able to boot a BE kernel from an LE kernel with my patches. 
Whether we want to support that or not is another question...
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center