From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
"James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com"
<James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
"jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com"
<jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>,
Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org"
<linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org"
<linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Silviu Vlasceanu <Silviu.Vlasceanu@huawei.com>,
"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] ima: Switch to ima_hash_algo for boot aggregate
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:46:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1583160394.8544.89.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8a6fb34e18b147fa811e82c78fb30d66@huawei.com>
> > > > On Mon, 2020-02-10 at 11:00 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > My initial patch attempted to use any common TPM and kernel hash
> > algorithm to calculate the boot_aggregate. The discussion with James
> > was pretty clear, which you even stated in the Changelog. Either we
> > use the IMA default hash algorithm, SHA256 for TPM 2.0 or SHA1 for TPM
> > 1.2 for the boot-aggregate.
>
> Ok, I didn't understand fully. I thought we should use the default IMA
> algorithm and select SHA256 as fallback choice for TPM 2.0 if there is no
> PCR bank for default algorithm.
Yes, preference is given to the IMA default algorithm, but it should
fall back to using SHA256 or SHA1, based on the TPM.
> I additionally implemented the logic to
> select the first PCR bank if the SHA256 PCR bank is not available but I can
> remove it.
>
> SHA256 should be the minimum requirement for boot aggregate. The
> advantage of using the default IMA algorithm is that it will be possible to
> select stronger algorithms when they are supported by the TPM. We might
> introduce a new option to specify only the algorithm for boot aggregate,
> like James suggested to support embedded systems. Let me know which
> option you prefer.
I don't remember James saying that, but if the community really wants
that support, then it should be upstreamed independently, as a
separate patch. Let's first get the basics working.
thanks,
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-02 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-10 10:00 [PATCH v3 0/8] ima: support stronger algorithms for attestation Roberto Sassu
2020-02-10 10:00 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] tpm: Initialize crypto_id of allocated_banks to HASH_ALGO__LAST Roberto Sassu
2020-02-10 16:00 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-02-10 10:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] ima: Switch to ima_hash_algo for boot aggregate Roberto Sassu
2020-02-10 22:23 ` Mimi Zohar
2020-02-11 10:09 ` Roberto Sassu
2020-03-02 13:41 ` Mimi Zohar
2020-03-02 14:28 ` Roberto Sassu
2020-03-02 14:46 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2020-03-02 15:11 ` Roberto Sassu
2020-03-02 17:33 ` Mimi Zohar
2020-02-10 10:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] ima: Evaluate error in init_ima() Roberto Sassu
2020-02-10 10:00 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] ima: Store template digest directly in ima_template_entry Roberto Sassu
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