linux_dsm_epyc7002/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm
Matthew Garrett fa516b66a1 EVM: Allow runtime modification of the set of verified xattrs
Sites may wish to provide additional metadata alongside files in order
to make more fine-grained security decisions[1]. The security of this is
enhanced if this metadata is protected, something that EVM makes
possible. However, the kernel cannot know about the set of extended
attributes that local admins may wish to protect, and hardcoding this
policy in the kernel makes it difficult to change over time and less
convenient for distributions to enable.

This patch adds a new /sys/kernel/security/integrity/evm/evm_xattrs node,
which can be read to obtain the current set of EVM-protected extended
attributes or written to in order to add new entries. Extending this list
will not change the validity of any existing signatures provided that the
file in question does not have any of the additional extended attributes -
missing xattrs are skipped when calculating the EVM hash.

[1] For instance, a package manager could install information about the
package uploader in an additional extended attribute. Local LSM policy
could then be associated with that extended attribute in order to
restrict the privileges available to packages from less trusted
uploaders.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.morris@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-05-18 15:34:45 -04:00

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What: security/evm
Date: March 2011
Contact: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>
Description:
EVM protects a file's security extended attributes(xattrs)
against integrity attacks. The initial method maintains an
HMAC-sha1 value across the extended attributes, storing the
value as the extended attribute 'security.evm'.
EVM supports two classes of security.evm. The first is
an HMAC-sha1 generated locally with a
trusted/encrypted key stored in the Kernel Key
Retention System. The second is a digital signature
generated either locally or remotely using an
asymmetric key. These keys are loaded onto root's
keyring using keyctl, and EVM is then enabled by
echoing a value to <securityfs>/evm made up of the
following bits:
Bit Effect
0 Enable HMAC validation and creation
1 Enable digital signature validation
2 Permit modification of EVM-protected metadata at
runtime. Not supported if HMAC validation and
creation is enabled.
31 Disable further runtime modification of EVM policy
For example:
echo 1 ><securityfs>/evm
will enable HMAC validation and creation
echo 0x80000003 ><securityfs>/evm
will enable HMAC and digital signature validation and
HMAC creation and disable all further modification of policy.
echo 0x80000006 ><securityfs>/evm
will enable digital signature validation, permit
modification of EVM-protected metadata and
disable all further modification of policy
Note that once a key has been loaded, it will no longer be
possible to enable metadata modification.
Until key loading has been signaled EVM can not create
or validate the 'security.evm' xattr, but returns
INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN. Loading keys and signaling EVM
should be done as early as possible. Normally this is
done in the initramfs, which has already been measured
as part of the trusted boot. For more information on
creating and loading existing trusted/encrypted keys,
refer to:
Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst. Both
dracut (via 97masterkey and 98integrity) and systemd (via
core/ima-setup) have support for loading keys at boot
time.
What: security/integrity/evm/evm_xattrs
Date: April 2018
Contact: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Description:
Shows the set of extended attributes used to calculate or
validate the EVM signature, and allows additional attributes
to be added at runtime. Any signatures generated after
additional attributes are added (and on files posessing those
additional attributes) will only be valid if the same
additional attributes are configured on system boot. Writing
a single period (.) will lock the xattr list from any further
modification.