> From: deven.de...@linux.microsoft.com > [mailto:deven.de...@linux.microsoft.com] > From: Deven Bowers <deven.de...@linux.microsoft.com> > > Overview: > --------- > > IPE is a Linux Security Module which takes a complimentary approach to > access control. Whereas existing systems approach use labels or paths > which control access to a resource, IPE controls access to a resource > based on the system's trust of said resource.
To me, it does not give a particularly precise idea of what IPE is about. It would have been more clear, assuming that I understood it correctly, if you have said: Whereas existing mandatory access control mechanisms base their decisions on labels and paths, IPE instead determines whether or not an operation should be allowed based on immutable security properties of the system component the operation is being performed on. IPE itself does not mandate how the security property should be evaluated, but relies on an extensible set of external property providers to evaluate the component. IPE makes its decision based on reference values for the selected properties, specified in the IPE policy. The reference values represent the value that the policy writer and the local system administrator (based on the policy signature) trust for the system to accomplish the desired tasks. One such provider is for example dm-verity, which is able to represent the integrity property of a partition (its immutable state) with a digest. > Trust requirements are established via IPE's policy, sourcing multiple > different implementations within the kernel to build a cohesive trust > model, based on how the system was built. > > Trust, with respect to computing, is a concept that designates a set > of entities who will endorse a set of resources as non-malicious. > Traditionally, this is done via signatures, which is the act of endorsing > a resource. > > Integrity, on the other hand, is the concept of ensuring that a resource > has not been modified since a point of time. This is typically done through > cryptographic hashes or signatures. > > Trust and integrity are very closely tied together concepts, as integrity > is the way you can prove trust for a resource; otherwise it could have > been modified by an entity who is untrusted. > > IPE provides a way for a user to express trust requirements of resources, > by using pre-existing systems which provide the integrity half of the > equation. > > IPE is compiled under CONFIG_SECURITY_IPE. > > Use Cases > --------- > > IPE works best in fixed-function devices: Devices in which their purpose > is clearly defined and not supposed to be changed (e.g. network firewall > device in a data center, an IoT device, etcetera), where all software and > configuration is built and provisioned by the system owner. > > IPE is a long-way off for use in general-purpose computing: > the Linux community as a whole tends to follow a decentralized trust > model, known as the Web of Trust, which IPE has no support for as of yet. > Instead, IPE supports the PKI Trust Model, which generally designates a > set of entities that provide a measure absolute trust. It is true that packages are signed with PGP, which is decentralized, but there is a special case where Linux distribution vendors trust their own keys. This, at least, would allow to trust the software built by a particular vendor (I ported David Howells's work on PGP keys and signature to the current kernel). > Additionally, while most packages are signed today, the files inside > the packages (for instance, the executables), tend to be unsigned. This > makes it difficult to utilize IPE in systems where a package manager is > expected to be functional, without major changes to the package manager > and ecosystem behind it. Yes, RPMs don't have per file signatures but have a signature of the list of file digests, which is equivalent. They could have also the fsverity digests (instead of the fsverity signatures) to reduce size overhead. Given that the authenticity of RPMs headers can be verified, if the PGP key of the vendor is included in the primary keyring of the kernel, being able to protect file or fsverity digests against tampering by user space and being able to query them (e.g. with DIGLIM) extends the applicability of IPE to general purpose OSes. > Policy: > ------- > > IPE policy is a plain-text [#]_ policy composed of multiple statements > over several lines. There is one required line, at the top of the > policy, indicating the policy name, and the policy version, for > instance: > > policy_name="Ex Policy" policy_version=0.0.0 > > The policy version indicates the current version of the policy (NOT the > policy syntax version). This is used to prevent roll-back of policy to > potentially insecure previous versions of the policy. > > The next portion of IPE policy, are rules. Rules are formed by key=value > pairs, known as properties. IPE rules require two properties: "action", Better: IPE rules require two keys: > which determines what IPE does when it encounters a match against the > policy, and "op", which determines when that rule should be evaluated. > Thus, a minimal rule is: > > op=EXECUTE action=ALLOW > > This example will allow any execution. Additional properties are used to > restrict attributes about the files being evaluated. These properties are > intended to be deterministic attributes that are resident in the kernel. > Available properties for IPE described in the documentation patch of this > series. > > A rule is required to have the "op" property as the first token of a rule, > and the "action" as the last token of the rule. Rules are evaluated > top-to-bottom. As a result, any revocation rules, or denies should be > placed early in the file to ensure that these rules are evaluated before > a rule with "action=ALLOW" is hit. > > Any unknown syntax in IPE policy will result in a fatal error to parse > the policy. User mode can interrogate the kernel to understand what > properties and the associated versions through the securityfs node, > $securityfs/ipe/config, which will return a string of form: > > key1=version1 > key2=version2 > . > . > . > keyN=versionN > > User-mode should correlate these versions with the supported values > identified in the documentation to determine whether a policy should > be accepted by the system without actually trying to deploy the policy. > > Additionally, a DEFAULT operation must be set for all understood > operations within IPE. For policies to remain completely forwards > compatible, it is recommended that users add a "DEFAULT action=ALLOW" > and override the defaults on a per-operation basis. > > For more information about the policy syntax, the kernel documentation > page. > > Early Usermode Protection: > -------------------------- > > IPE can be provided with a policy at startup to load and enforce. > This is intended to be a minimal policy to get the system to a state > where userland is setup and ready to receive commands, at which > point a policy can be deployed via securityfs. This "boot policy" can be > specified via the config, SECURITY_IPE_BOOT_POLICY, which accepts a path > to a plain-text version of the IPE policy to apply. This policy will be > compiled into the kernel. If not specified, IPE will be disabled until a > policy is deployed and activated through the method above. > > Policy Examples: > ---------------- > > Allow all: > > policy_name="Allow All" policy_version=0.0.0 > DEFAULT action=ALLOW > > Allow only initial superblock: > > policy_name="Allow All Initial SB" policy_version=0.0.0 > DEFAULT action=DENY > > op=EXECUTE boot_verified=TRUE action=ALLOW > > Allow any signed dm-verity volume and the initial superblock: > > policy_name="AllowSignedAndInitial" policy_version=0.0.0 > DEFAULT action=DENY > > op=EXECUTE boot_verified=TRUE action=ALLOW > op=EXECUTE dmverity_signature=TRUE action=ALLOW > > Prohibit execution from a specific dm-verity volume: > > policy_name="AllowSignedAndInitial" policy_version=0.0.0 > DEFAULT action=DENY > > op=EXECUTE > dmverity_roothash=401fcec5944823ae12f62726e8184407a5fa9599783f030dec > 146938 action=DENY > op=EXECUTE boot_verified=TRUE action=ALLOW > op=EXECUTE dmverity_signature=TRUE action=ALLOW > > Allow only a specific dm-verity volume: > > policy_name="AllowSignedAndInitial" policy_version=0.0.0 > DEFAULT action=DENY > > op=EXECUTE > dmverity_roothash=401fcec5944823ae12f62726e8184407a5fa9599783f030dec > 146938 action=ALLOW > > Deploying Policies: > ------------------- > > First sign a plain text policy, with a certificate that is present in > the SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING of your test machine. Through openssl, the > signing can be done via: > > openssl smime -sign -in "$MY_POLICY" -signer "$MY_CERTIFICATE" \ > -inkey "$MY_PRIVATE_KEY" -binary -outform der -noattr -nodetach \ > -out "$MY_POLICY.p7s" > > Then, simply cat the file into the IPE's "new_policy" securityfs node: > > cat "$MY_POLICY.p7s" > /sys/kernel/security/ipe/new_policy > > The policy should now be present under the policies/ subdirectory, under > its "policy_name" attribute. > > The policy is now present in the kernel and can be marked as active, > via the securityfs node: > > echo "1" > "/sys/kernel/security/ipe/$MY_POLICY_NAME/active" > > This will now mark the policy as active and the system will be enforcing > $MY_POLICY_NAME. > > There is one requirement when marking a policy as active, the policy_version > attribute must either increase, or remain the same as the currently running > policy. > > Policies can be updated via: > > cat "$MY_UPDATED_POLICY.p7s" > \ > "/sys/kernel/security/ipe/policies/$MY_POLICY_NAME/update" > > Additionally, policies can be deleted via the "delete" securityfs > node. Simply write "1" to the corresponding node in the policy folder: > > echo "1" > "/sys/kernel/security/ipe/policies/$MY_POLICY_NAME/delete" > > There is only one requirement to delete policies, the policy being > deleted must not be the active policy. > > NOTE: The securityfs commands will require CAP_MAC_ADMIN. > > Integrations: > ------------- > > This patch series adds support for fsverity via digest and signature > (fsverity_signature and fsverity_digest), dm-verity by digest and > signature (dmverity_signature and dmverity_roothash), and trust for > the initramfs (boot_verified). Verifying the initial ram disk looks like a big problem. On general purpose OSes, having a reference value for it would be very hard. Instead, we would still be able to use per file reference values. Executable and shared libraries in the initial ram disk are copied from the main OS. Without fsverity support in tmpfs, I wonder if it would be still possible to mark the file as immutable and do an on the fly calculation of the root digest. As an alternative, the IMA approach of calculating the file digest could be used (or IPE could get the file digest as a property from the integrity subsystem). Roberto HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Duesseldorf GmbH, HRB 56063 Managing Director: Li Peng, Zhong Ronghua > Please see the documentation patch for more information about the > integrations available. > > Testing: > -------- > > KUnit Tests are available. Recommended kunitconfig: > > CONFIG_KUNIT=y > CONFIG_SECURITY=y > CONFIG_SECURITYFS=y > CONFIG_PKCS7_MESSAGE_PARSER=y > CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION=y > CONFIG_FS_VERITY=y > CONFIG_FS_VERITY_BUILTIN_SIGNATURES=y > CONFIG_BLOCK=y > CONFIG_MD=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y > CONFIG_DM_VERITY=y > CONFIG_DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG=y > > CONFIG_SECURITY_IPE=y > CONFIG_SECURITY_IPE_KUNIT_TEST=y > CONFIG_IPE_PROP_BOOT_VERIFIED=y > CONFIG_IPE_PROP_DM_VERITY_SIGNATURE=y > CONFIG_IPE_PROP_DM_VERITY_ROOTHASH=y > CONFIG_IPE_PROP_FS_VERITY_SIGNATURE=y > CONFIG_IPE_PROP_FS_VERITY_DIGEST=y > > Simply run: > > make ARCH=um mrproper > ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig <path/to/config> > > And the tests will execute and report the result. For more indepth testing, > it will require you to create and mount a dm-verity volume or fs-verity > enabled file. > > Documentation: > -------------- > > There is both documentation available on github at > https://microsoft.github.io/ipe, and Documentation in this patch series, > to be added in-tree. This includes architectural block diagrams. > > Known Gaps: > ----------- > > IPE has two known gaps: > > 1. IPE cannot verify the integrity of anonymous executable memory, such as > the trampolines created by gcc closures and libffi (<3.4.2), or JIT'd code. > Unfortunately, as this is dynamically generated code, there is no way > for IPE to ensure the integrity of this code to form a trust basis. In all > cases, the return result for these operations will be whatever the admin > configures the DEFAULT action for "EXECUTE". > > 2. IPE cannot verify the integrity of interpreted languages' programs when > these scripts invoked via ``<interpreter> <file>``. This is because the > way interpreters execute these files, the scripts themselves are not > evaluated as executable code through one of IPE's hooks. Interpreters > can be enlightened to the usage of IPE by trying to mmap a file into > executable memory (+X), after opening the file and responding to the > error code appropriately. This also applies to included files, or high > value files, such as configuration files of critical system components. > However, there is a patchset that is looking to address this gap [1]. > > Appendix: > --------- > > A. IPE Github Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/ipe > B. IPE Users' Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst > > References: > ----------- > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211012192410.2356090-1-...@digikod.net/ > > FAQ: > ---- > > Q: What's the difference between other LSMs which provide trust-based > access control, for instance, IMA? > > A: IMA is a fantastic option when needing measurement in addition to the > trust-based access model. All of IMA is centered around their measurement > hashes, so you save time when doing both actions. IPE, on the other hand, > is a highly performant system that does not rely (and explicitly prohibits), > generating its own integrity mechanisms - separating measurement and access > control. Simply put, IPE provides only the enforcement of trust, while other > subsystems provide the integrity guarantee that IPE needs to determine the > trust of a resource. IMA provides both the integrity guarantee, the > enforcement of trust, and a whole host of other features that may not be > needed. > > Changelog: > ---------- > > Changes since v1: > Split the second patch of the previous series into two. > Minor corrections in the cover-letter and documentation > comments regarding CAP_MAC_ADMIN checks in IPE. > > Changes since v2: > Address various comments by Jann Horn. Highlights: > Switch various audit allocators to GFP_KERNEL. > Utilize rcu_access_pointer() in various locations. > Strip out the caching system for properties > Strip comments from headers > Move functions around in patches > Remove kernel command line parameters > Reconcile the race condition on the delete node for policy by > expanding the policy critical section. > > Address a few comments by Jonathan Corbet around the documentation > pages for IPE. > > Fix an issue with the initialization of IPE policy with a "-0" > version, caused by not initializing the hlist entries before > freeing. > > Changes since v3: > Address a concern around IPE's behavior with unknown syntax. > Specifically, make any unknown syntax a fatal error instead of a > warning, as suggested by Mickaël Salaün. > Introduce a new securityfs node, $securityfs/ipe/property_config, > which provides a listing of what properties are enabled by the > kernel and their versions. This allows usermode to predict what > policies should be allowed. > Strip some comments from c files that I missed. > Clarify some documentation comments around 'boot_verified'. > While this currently does not functionally change the property > itself, the distinction is important when IPE can enforce verified > reads. Additionally, 'KERNEL_READ' was omitted from the documentation. > This has been corrected. > Change SecurityFS and SHA1 to a reverse dependency. > Update the cover-letter with the updated behavior of unknown syntax. > Remove all sysctls, making an equivalent function in securityfs. > Rework the active/delete mechanism to be a node under the policy in > $securityfs/ipe/policies. > The kernel command line parameters ipe.enforce and ipe.success_audit > have returned as this functionality is no longer exposed through > sysfs. > > Changes since v4: > Correct some grammatical errors reported by Randy Dunlap. > Fix some warnings reported by kernel test bot. > Change convention around security_bdev_setsecurity. -ENOSYS > is now expected if an LSM does not implement a particular @name, > as suggested by Casey Schaufler. > Minor string corrections related to the move from sysfs to securityfs > Correct a spelling of an #ifdef for the permissive argument. > Add the kernel parameters re-added to the documentation. > Fix a minor bug where the mode being audited on permissive switch > was the original mode, not the mode being swapped to. > Cleanup doc comments, fix some whitespace alignment issues. > > Changes since v5: > Change if statement condition in security_bdev_setsecurity to be > more concise, as suggested by Casey Schaufler and Al Viro > Drop the 6th patch in the series, "dm-verity move signature check..." > due to numerous issues, and it ultimately providing no real value. > Fix the patch tree - the previous iteration appears to have been in a > torn state (patches 8+9 were merged). This has since been corrected. > > Changes since v6: > * Reword cover letter to more accurate convey IPE's purpose > and latest updates. > * Refactor series to: > 1. Support a context structure, enabling: > 1. Easier Testing via KUNIT > 2. A better architecture for future designs > 2. Make parser code cleaner > * Move patch 01/12 to [14/16] of the series > * Split up patch 02/12 into four parts: > 1. context creation [01/16] > 2. audit [07/16] > 3. evaluation loop [03/16] > 4. access control hooks [05/16] > 5. permissive mode [08/16] > * Split up patch 03/12 into two parts: > 1. parser [02/16] > 2. userspace interface [04/16] > * Reword and refactor patch 04/12 to [09/16] > * Squash patch 05/12, 07/12, 09/12 to [10/16] > * Squash patch 08/12, 10/12 to [11/16] > * Change audit records to MAC region (14XX) from Integrity region (18XX) > * Add FSVerity Support > * Interface changes: > 1. "raw" was renamed to "pkcs7" and made read only > 2. "raw"'s write functionality (update a policy) moved to "update" > 3. introduced "version", "policy_name" nodes. > 4. "content" renamed to "policy" > 5. The boot policy can now be updated like any other policy. > * Add additional developer-level documentation > * Update admin-guide docs to reflect changes. > * Kunit tests > * Dropped CONFIG_SECURITY_IPE_PERMISSIVE_SWITCH - functionality can > easily come later with a small patch. > * Use partition0 for block_device for dm-verity patch > > Deven Bowers (14): > security: add ipe lsm & initial context creation > ipe: add policy parser > ipe: add evaluation loop > ipe: add userspace interface > ipe: add LSM hooks on execution and kernel read > uapi|audit: add trust audit message definitions > ipe: add auditing support > ipe: add permissive toggle > ipe: introduce 'boot_verified' as a trust provider > fs|dm-verity: add block_dev LSM blob and submit dm-verity data > ipe: add support for dm-verity as a trust provider > scripts: add boot policy generation program > ipe: kunit tests > documentation: add ipe documentation > > Fan Wu (2): > fsverity|security: add security hooks to fsverity digest and signature > ipe: enable support for fs-verity as a trust provider > > Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst | 1 + > Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/ipe.rst | 587 ++++++++++ > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 + > Documentation/security/index.rst | 1 + > Documentation/security/ipe.rst | 339 ++++++ > MAINTAINERS | 9 + > block/bdev.c | 7 + > drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c | 20 +- > drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.c | 16 +- > drivers/md/dm-verity-verify-sig.h | 10 +- > fs/verity/open.c | 12 + > fs/verity/signature.c | 5 +- > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 16 + > include/linux/blk_types.h | 1 + > include/linux/device-mapper.h | 3 + > include/linux/fsverity.h | 3 + > include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 5 + > include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 12 + > include/linux/security.h | 22 + > include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 4 + > scripts/Makefile | 1 + > scripts/ipe/Makefile | 2 + > scripts/ipe/polgen/.gitignore | 1 + > scripts/ipe/polgen/Makefile | 6 + > scripts/ipe/polgen/polgen.c | 145 +++ > security/Kconfig | 11 +- > security/Makefile | 1 + > security/ipe/.gitignore | 1 + > security/ipe/Kconfig | 100 ++ > security/ipe/Makefile | 39 + > security/ipe/audit.c | 304 +++++ > security/ipe/audit.h | 41 + > security/ipe/ctx.c | 381 ++++++ > security/ipe/ctx.h | 43 + > security/ipe/ctx_test.c | 732 ++++++++++++ > security/ipe/eval.c | 237 ++++ > security/ipe/eval.h | 57 + > security/ipe/fs.c | 327 ++++++ > security/ipe/fs.h | 13 + > security/ipe/hooks.c | 328 ++++++ > security/ipe/hooks.h | 56 + > security/ipe/ipe.c | 143 +++ > security/ipe/ipe.h | 27 + > security/ipe/ipe_parser.h | 59 + > security/ipe/modules.c | 134 +++ > security/ipe/modules.h | 17 + > security/ipe/modules/Kconfig | 66 ++ > security/ipe/modules/Makefile | 12 + > security/ipe/modules/boot_verified.c | 24 + > security/ipe/modules/dmverity_roothash.c | 80 ++ > security/ipe/modules/dmverity_signature.c | 25 + > security/ipe/modules/fsverity_digest.c | 80 ++ > security/ipe/modules/fsverity_signature.c | 33 + > 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