On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 11:08:29PM -0700, Fan Wu wrote: > This patch enhances fsverity's capabilities to support both integrity and > authenticity protection by introducing the exposure of built-in > signatures through a new LSM hook. This functionality allows LSMs, > e.g. IPE, to enforce policies based on the authenticity and integrity of > files, specifically focusing on built-in fsverity signatures. It enables > a policy enforcement layer within LSMs for fsverity, offering granular > control over the usage of authenticity claims. For instance, a policy > could be established to only permit the execution of all files with > verified built-in fsverity signatures. > > The introduction of a security_inode_setintegrity() hook call within > fsverity's workflow ensures that the verified built-in signature of a file > is exposed to LSMs. This enables LSMs to recognize and label fsverity files > that contain a verified built-in fsverity signature. This hook is invoked > subsequent to the fsverity_verify_signature() process, guaranteeing the > signature's verification against fsverity's keyring. This mechanism is > crucial for maintaining system security, as it operates in kernel space, > effectively thwarting attempts by malicious binaries to bypass user space > stack interactions. > > The second to last commit in this patch set will add a link to the IPE > documentation in fsverity.rst. > > Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> - Eric
