[RFC][PATCH v3 2/2] ima: measure buffer sent to securityfs policy file

Enrico Bravi <[email protected]> Tue, 26 May 2026 15:51:19 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-integrity
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When a signed policy is not mandatory, it is possible to write the IMA
policy directly on the corresponding securityfs file:

echo -e "measure func=BPRM_CHECK mask=MAY_EXEC\n" \
        "audit func=BPRM_CHECK mask=MAY_EXEC\n" \
     > /sys/kernel/security/ima/policy

Add input buffer measurement, regardless of whether the new policy
will be accepted or not, that can be caught when
'measure func=POLICY_CHECK' is enabled (e.g., ima_policy=tcb). The
measurement template is forced to ima-buf.

Suggested-by: Roberto Sassu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Enrico Bravi <[email protected]>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima.h        |  1 +
 security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c     |  1 +
 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c |  3 +++
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index a223d3f30d88..320c80a1a847 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ void *ima_policy_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos);
 void ima_policy_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
 int ima_policy_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v);
 void ima_measure_loaded_policy(void);
+int ima_measure_policy_buf(const char *buf, size_t buf_len);
 
 /* Appraise integrity measurements */
 #define IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE	0x01
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index 75cb308cf01f..601718e02429 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static ssize_t ima_write_policy(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				    1, 0);
 		result = -EACCES;
 	} else {
+		ima_measure_policy_buf(data, datalen);
 		result = ima_parse_add_rule(data);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ima_write_mutex);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 1d6229b156fb..174110da0030 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,25 @@ int ima_measure_critical_data(const char *event_label,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ima_measure_critical_data);
 
+/**
+ * ima_measure_policy_buf - Measure the policy write buffer
+ * @buf: pointer to the buffer containing the policy write data
+ * @buf_len: size of the buffer
+ *
+ * Measure the buffer sent to the IMA policy securityfs file.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, a negative value otherwise.
+ */
+int ima_measure_policy_buf(const char *buf, size_t buf_len)
+{
+	if (!buf || !buf_len)
+		return -ENOPARAM;
+
+	return process_buffer_measurement(&nop_mnt_idmap, NULL, buf, buf_len,
+					 "ima_write_policy_buf", POLICY_CHECK,
+					 0, NULL, false, NULL, 0);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INTEGRITY_ASYMMETRIC_KEYS
 
 /**
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index e0b4dae922b6..d44af7422c04 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ static bool ima_match_rule_data(struct ima_rule_entry *rule,
 
 		opt_list = rule->label;
 		break;
+	case POLICY_CHECK:
+		return true;
 	default:
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -589,6 +591,7 @@ static bool ima_match_rules(struct ima_rule_entry *rule,
 	switch (func) {
 	case KEY_CHECK:
 	case CRITICAL_DATA:
+	case POLICY_CHECK:
 		return ((rule->func == func) &&
 			ima_match_rule_data(rule, func_data, cred));
 	default:
-- 
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