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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 8/8] powerpc/ima: update ima arch policy to check for
 blacklist
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To:     Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
        linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
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        Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
        Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>,
        Matthew Garret <matthew.garret@nebula.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@linux.ibm.com>,
        George Wilson <gcwilson@linux.ibm.com>,
        Elaine Palmer <erpalmer@us.ibm.com>,
        Eric Ricther <erichte@linux.ibm.com>,
        "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:19:07 -0400
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On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 21:14 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> This patch updates the arch specific policies for PowernV systems
> to add check against blacklisted binary hashes before doing the
> verification.

This sentence explains how you're doing something.  A simple tweak in
the wording provides the motivation.

^to make sure that the binary hash is not blacklisted.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c
> index 88bfe4a1a9a5..4fa41537b846 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ima_arch.c
> @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ bool arch_ima_get_secureboot(void)
>  static const char *const arch_rules[] = {
>  	"measure func=KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK template=ima-modsig",
>  	"measure func=MODULE_CHECK template=ima-modsig",
> -	"appraise func=KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK appraise_type=imasig|modsig",
> +	"appraise func=KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK appraise_flag=check_blacklist appraise_type=imasig|modsig",
>  #if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE)
> -	"appraise func=MODULE_CHECK appraise_type=imasig|modsig",
> +	"appraise func=MODULE_CHECK appraise_flag=check_blacklist appraise_type=imasig|modsig",
>  #endif
>  	NULL
>  };