From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
Arvind Sankar <niveditas98@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
initramfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] initramfs: add support for xattrs in the initial ram disk
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 08:08:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1557749313.10635.309.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f522e28-29c8-5930-5d90-e0086b503613@landley.net>
On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 04:07 -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > Allowing a kernel with integrity enforcement to parse the CPIO image
> > without verifying it first is the weak point.
>
> If you don't verify the CPIO image then in theory it could have anything in it,
> yes. You seem to believe that signing individual files is more secure than
> signing the archive. This is certainly a point of view.
Nobody is claiming that signing and verifying individual files is more
secure. We are saying that in some environments BOTH are needed. In
many environments today the initramfs IS being signed and verified.
Unfortunately not all environments can sign the initramfs today,
because the initramfs is not distributed with the kernel image, but
generated on the target system.
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-13 12:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-09 11:24 [PATCH v2 0/3] initramfs: add support for xattrs in the initial ram disk Roberto Sassu
2019-05-09 11:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] fs: add ksys_lsetxattr() wrapper Roberto Sassu
2019-05-10 21:28 ` Jann Horn
2019-05-09 11:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] initramfs: set extended attributes Roberto Sassu
2019-05-09 11:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] initramfs: introduce do_readxattrs() Roberto Sassu
2019-05-10 21:33 ` Jann Horn
2019-05-13 13:03 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-09 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] initramfs: add support for xattrs in the initial ram disk Rob Landley
2019-05-10 6:56 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-10 11:49 ` Mimi Zohar
2019-05-10 20:46 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-10 22:38 ` Mimi Zohar
2019-05-11 22:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-12 4:04 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-12 4:12 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-12 9:17 ` Dominik Brodowski
2019-05-12 10:18 ` hpa
2019-05-12 15:31 ` Dominik Brodowski
2019-05-13 0:02 ` Mimi Zohar
2019-05-13 0:21 ` hpa
2019-05-13 0:23 ` hpa
2019-05-12 12:52 ` Mimi Zohar
2019-05-12 17:05 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-12 19:43 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-13 7:49 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-13 9:07 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-13 12:08 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2019-05-13 12:47 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-13 17:20 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-13 17:51 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-13 17:52 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-13 18:36 ` Mimi Zohar
2019-05-13 18:47 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-13 22:09 ` Mimi Zohar
2019-05-14 6:06 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-14 14:44 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-14 6:06 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-14 11:52 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-14 15:12 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-14 15:27 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-14 15:57 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-14 17:44 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-15 1:00 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-14 15:19 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-14 16:33 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-14 16:58 ` Greg KH
2019-05-14 17:20 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-15 0:25 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-14 19:18 ` James Bottomley
2019-05-14 23:39 ` Rob Landley
2019-05-14 23:54 ` James Bottomley
2019-05-15 0:52 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-15 11:19 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-15 16:08 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-15 17:06 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-16 5:29 ` Arvind Sankar
2019-05-16 11:42 ` Roberto Sassu
2019-05-16 13:31 ` Mimi Zohar
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