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From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 5/5] fsverity: update the documentation
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:38:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220325223824.310119-6-zohar@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220325223824.310119-1-zohar@linux.ibm.com>

Update the fsverity documentation related to IMA signature support.

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
index 1d831e3cbcb3..c1d355f17a54 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ authenticating the files is up to userspace.  However, to meet some
 users' needs, fs-verity optionally supports a simple signature
 verification mechanism where users can configure the kernel to require
 that all fs-verity files be signed by a key loaded into a keyring; see
-`Built-in signature verification`_.  Support for fs-verity file hashes
-in IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) policies is also planned.
+`Built-in signature verification`_.
+
+The Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) supports including
+fs-verity file digests and signatures in the IMA measurement list
+and verifying fs-verity based file signatures stored as security.ima
+xattrs, based on policy.
 
 User API
 ========
@@ -653,12 +657,12 @@ weren't already directly answered in other parts of this document.
     hashed and what to do with those hashes, such as log them,
     authenticate them, or add them to a measurement list.
 
-    IMA is planned to support the fs-verity hashing mechanism as an
-    alternative to doing full file hashes, for people who want the
-    performance and security benefits of the Merkle tree based hash.
-    But it doesn't make sense to force all uses of fs-verity to be
-    through IMA.  As a standalone filesystem feature, fs-verity
-    already meets many users' needs, and it's testable like other
+    IMA supports the fs-verity hashing mechanism as an alternative
+    to full file hashes, for those who want the performance and
+    security benefits of the Merkle tree based hash.  However, it
+    doesn't make sense to force all uses of fs-verity to be through
+    IMA.  fs-verity already meets many users' needs even as a
+    standalone filesystem feature, and it's testable like other
     filesystem features e.g. with xfstests.
 
 :Q: Isn't fs-verity useless because the attacker can just modify the
-- 
2.27.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-03-25 22:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-25 22:38 [PATCH v7 0/5] ima: support fs-verity digests and signatures Mimi Zohar
2022-03-25 22:38 ` [PATCH v7 1/5] fs-verity: define a function to return the integrity protected file digest Mimi Zohar
2022-03-28  3:45   ` Guozihua (Scott)
2022-03-28 13:51     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-25 22:38 ` [PATCH v7 2/5] ima: define a new template field named 'd-ngv2' and templates Mimi Zohar
2022-03-28  6:14   ` Guozihua (Scott)
2022-03-28 13:50     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-04-05 19:11   ` Eric Biggers
2022-04-28  2:03     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-25 22:38 ` [PATCH v7 3/5] ima: permit fsverity's file digests in the IMA measurement list Mimi Zohar
2022-04-05 19:28   ` Eric Biggers
2022-04-28  2:03     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-25 22:38 ` [PATCH v7 4/5] ima: support fs-verity file digest based version 3 signatures Mimi Zohar
2022-04-05 20:31   ` Eric Biggers
2022-04-28  2:05     ` Mimi Zohar
2022-03-25 22:38 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2022-04-05 20:35   ` [PATCH v7 5/5] fsverity: update the documentation Eric Biggers

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