2020-01-07 20:31:18

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: [PATCH] ima: make ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE 'bool'

The asymmetric key subtype is only used by the key subsystem that cannot
itself be a loadable module, so when ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE is set
to =m, it just does not get used. It also produces a compile-time warning:

WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in security/integrity/ima/ima_asymmetric_keys.o

Make this a 'bool' symbol to avoid both problems.

Fixes: 88e70da170e8 ("IMA: Define an IMA hook to measure keys")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
---
crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
index 1f1f004dc757..f2846293e4d5 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ menuconfig ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
if ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE

config ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
- tristate "Asymmetric public-key crypto algorithm subtype"
+ bool "Asymmetric public-key crypto algorithm subtype"
select MPILIB
select CRYPTO_HASH_INFO
select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
--
2.20.0


2020-01-07 21:23:51

by James Bottomley

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ima: make ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE 'bool'

On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 21:30 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The asymmetric key subtype is only used by the key subsystem that
> cannot itself be a loadable module, so when
> ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE is set to =m, it just does not get
> used. It also produces a compile-time
> warning:
>
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in
> security/integrity/ima/ima_asymmetric_keys.o
>
> Make this a 'bool' symbol to avoid both problems.
>
> Fixes: 88e70da170e8 ("IMA: Define an IMA hook to measure keys")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> ---
> crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
> b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
> index 1f1f004dc757..f2846293e4d5 100644
> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/Kconfig
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ menuconfig ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
> if ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
>
> config ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
> - tristate "Asymmetric public-key crypto algorithm subtype"
> + bool "Asymmetric public-key crypto algorithm subtype"

I believe the crypto guys do like stuff to be modular.

However, we've already implemented this solution:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[email protected]/

To solve the problem via an intermediate boolean config variable.

James

2020-01-07 22:06:54

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ima: make ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE 'bool'

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:01 PM James Bottomley
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 21:30 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > config ASYMMETRIC_PUBLIC_KEY_SUBTYPE
> > - tristate "Asymmetric public-key crypto algorithm subtype"
> > + bool "Asymmetric public-key crypto algorithm subtype"
>
> I believe the crypto guys do like stuff to be modular.
>
> However, we've already implemented this solution:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[email protected]/
>
> To solve the problem via an intermediate boolean config variable.

Ok, that looks good to me.

Arnd