Re: [PATCH 0/3] ima: add regular file data hash support for sigv3

On Mon, 2026-04-27 at 18:27 +0530, Kamlesh Kumar wrote:
> On 3/24/26 4:39 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > IMA signature version 3 (sigv3) support was introduced to avoid file
> > signature ambiguity. Instead of directly signing a raw fs-verity hash,
> > IMA signs the hash of ima_file_id structure, containing the type of
> > signature, the hash algorithm, and the hash.
> > 
> > Pure ML-DSA calculates and signs the hash directly rather than a
> > pre-hashed digest. To avoid ML-DSA having to re-calculate the file data
> > hash, Eric Biggers suggested signing the smaller ima_file_id structure.
> > 
> > This patch set adds the sigv3 support for regular file data hashes. A
> > subsequent patch set will add the ML-DSA support.
> > 
> > Mimi Zohar (3):
> >    ima: Define asymmetric_verify_v3() to verify IMA sigv3 signatures
> >    ima: add regular file data hash signature version 3 support
> >    ima: add support to require IMA sigv3 signatures
> > 
> >   Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy   | 10 ++--
> >   security/integrity/digsig.c            |  8 +--
> >   security/integrity/digsig_asymmetric.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >   security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c      |  3 +-
> >   security/integrity/ima/ima.h           |  1 +
> >   security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c  | 72 ++++++++------------------
> >   security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c    | 22 ++++----
> >   security/integrity/integrity.h         | 14 ++++-
> >   8 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
> > 
> > --
> > 2.53.0
> > 
> 
> I have tested this series along with Stefan's ML-DSA patches [1] and an
> additional fix [2] for ima_get_hash_algo().
> With all patches applied, I am able to successfully sign files with
> ML-DSA-65 and verify IMA sigv3 signatures during appraisal.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[email protected]/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[email protected]/
> 
> Tested-by: Kamlesh Kumar <[email protected]>

Thanks, Kamlesh!

I'd appreciate re-testing with the v3 version now queued in next-integrity-
testing
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[email protected]
?

Mimi