Re: [meta-security][PATCH] initramfs-framework-ima: introduce IMA_FORCE


Armin Kuster
 

merged,
Thanks

On 4/8/21 11:38 AM, Ming Liu wrote:
From: Ming Liu <liu.ming50@...>

Introduce IMA_FORCE to allow the IMA policy be applied forcely even
'no_ima' boot parameter is available.

This ensures the end users have a way to disable 'no_ima' support if
they want to, because it may expose a security risk if an attacker can
find a way to change kernel arguments, it will easily bypass rootfs
authenticity checks.

Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@...>
Signed-off-by: Ming Liu <liu.ming50@...>
---
.../initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima.bb | 5 +++++
.../initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima/ima | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima.bb b/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima.bb
index 77f6f7c..6471c53 100644
--- a/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima.bb
+++ b/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384
# to this recipe can just point towards one of its own files.
IMA_POLICY ?= "ima-policy-hashed"

+# Force proceed IMA procedure even 'no_ima' boot parameter is available.
+IMA_FORCE ?= "false"
+
SRC_URI = " file://ima"

inherit features_check
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ do_install () {
install -d ${D}/${sysconfdir}/ima
install -d ${D}/init.d
install ${WORKDIR}/ima ${D}/init.d/20-ima
+
+ sed -i "s/@@FORCE_IMA@@/${IMA_FORCE}/g" ${D}/init.d/20-ima
}

FILES_${PN} = "/init.d ${sysconfdir}"
diff --git a/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima/ima b/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima/ima
index cff26a3..8971494 100644
--- a/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima/ima
+++ b/meta-integrity/recipes-core/initrdscripts/initramfs-framework-ima/ima
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
#
# Loads IMA policy into the kernel.

+force_ima=@@FORCE_IMA@@
+
ima_enabled() {
- if [ "$bootparam_no_ima" = "true" ]; then
+ if [ "$force_ima" = "true" ]; then
+ return 0
+ elif [ "$bootparam_no_ima" = "true" ]; then
return 1
+ else
+ return 0
fi
- return 0
}

ima_run() {


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