Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] integrity: Make arch_ima_get_secureboot integrity-wide

From: Coiby Xu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:28:43 +0800

On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 03:43:08PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>On Tue, 2026-02-03 at 12:14 +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
>> EVM and other LSMs need the ability to query the secure boot status of
>> the system, without directly calling the IMA arch_ima_get_secureboot
>> function. Refactor the secure boot status check into a general function
>> named arch_get_secureboot.
>>
>> Reported-and-suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <[email-masked]>
>> Suggested-by: Roberto Sassu <[email-masked]>
>> Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <[email-masked]>
>
>Thanks, Coiby.  Other than unnecessarily splitting a line, the patch set looks
>good.  As soon as the open window closes, I'll queue these patches for linux-
>next.

Hi Mimi, thanks for reviewing the patch set! Would you like me to send a
new version with the line splitting issue fixed?

>
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c
>> index 138029bfcce1..27521d665d33 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_efi.c
[...]
>>  {
>> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA_ARCH_POLICY) && arch_ima_get_secureboot()) {
>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA_ARCH_POLICY) &&
>> +	    arch_get_secureboot()) {
>
>No need to split the line here or below.
>
>
>>  		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG))
>>  			set_module_sig_enforced();
>>  		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG))
>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
>> index 5770cf691912..6d093ac82a45 100644
>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
>> @@ -949,8 +949,8 @@ static int ima_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id, bool contents)
>>
>>  	switch (id) {
>>  	case LOADING_KEXEC_IMAGE:
>> -		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG)
>> -		    && arch_ima_get_secureboot()) {
>> +		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KEXEC_SIG) &&
>> +		    arch_get_secureboot()) {
>
>===>
>
>Mimi
>
>>  			pr_err("impossible to appraise a kernel image without a file descriptor; try using kexec_file_load syscall.\n");
>>  			return -EACCES;
>>  		}
>

-- 
Best regards,
Coiby