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doc: ReSTify IMA-templates.txt
Adjust IMA-templates.txt for ReST markup and add to the index for security/, under the Kernel API Documentation. Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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- description of the kernel key retention service.
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tomoyo.txt
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- documentation on the TOMOYO Linux Security Module.
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IMA-templates.txt
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- documentation on the template management mechanism for IMA.
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=================================
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IMA Template Management Mechanism
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=================================
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==== INTRODUCTION ====
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Introduction
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============
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The original 'ima' template is fixed length, containing the filedata hash
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The original ``ima`` template is fixed length, containing the filedata hash
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and pathname. The filedata hash is limited to 20 bytes (md5/sha1).
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The pathname is a null terminated string, limited to 255 characters.
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To overcome these limitations and to add additional file metadata, it is
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@ -28,33 +31,34 @@ a new data type, developers define the field identifier and implement
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two functions, init() and show(), respectively to generate and display
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measurement entries. Defining a new template descriptor requires
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specifying the template format (a string of field identifiers separated
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by the '|' character) through the 'ima_template_fmt' kernel command line
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by the ``|`` character) through the ``ima_template_fmt`` kernel command line
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parameter. At boot time, IMA initializes the chosen template descriptor
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by translating the format into an array of template fields structures taken
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from the set of the supported ones.
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After the initialization step, IMA will call ima_alloc_init_template()
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After the initialization step, IMA will call ``ima_alloc_init_template()``
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(new function defined within the patches for the new template management
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mechanism) to generate a new measurement entry by using the template
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descriptor chosen through the kernel configuration or through the newly
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introduced 'ima_template' and 'ima_template_fmt' kernel command line parameters.
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introduced ``ima_template`` and ``ima_template_fmt`` kernel command line parameters.
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It is during this phase that the advantages of the new architecture are
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clearly shown: the latter function will not contain specific code to handle
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a given template but, instead, it simply calls the init() method of the template
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a given template but, instead, it simply calls the ``init()`` method of the template
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fields associated to the chosen template descriptor and store the result
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(pointer to allocated data and data length) in the measurement entry structure.
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The same mechanism is employed to display measurements entries.
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The functions ima[_ascii]_measurements_show() retrieve, for each entry,
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The functions ``ima[_ascii]_measurements_show()`` retrieve, for each entry,
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the template descriptor used to produce that entry and call the show()
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method for each item of the array of template fields structures.
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==== SUPPORTED TEMPLATE FIELDS AND DESCRIPTORS ====
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Supported Template Fields and Descriptors
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=========================================
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In the following, there is the list of supported template fields
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('<identifier>': description), that can be used to define new template
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``('<identifier>': description)``, that can be used to define new template
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descriptors by adding their identifier to the format string
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(support for more data types will be added later):
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Below, there is the list of defined template descriptors:
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- "ima": its format is 'd|n';
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- "ima-ng" (default): its format is 'd-ng|n-ng';
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- "ima-sig": its format is 'd-ng|n-ng|sig'.
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- "ima": its format is ``d|n``;
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- "ima-ng" (default): its format is ``d-ng|n-ng``;
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- "ima-sig": its format is ``d-ng|n-ng|sig``.
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==== USE ====
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Use
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===
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To specify the template descriptor to be used to generate measurement entries,
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currently the following methods are supported:
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- select a template descriptor among those supported in the kernel
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configuration ('ima-ng' is the default choice);
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configuration (``ima-ng`` is the default choice);
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- specify a template descriptor name from the kernel command line through
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the 'ima_template=' parameter;
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the ``ima_template=`` parameter;
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- register a new template descriptor with custom format through the kernel
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command line parameter 'ima_template_fmt='.
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command line parameter ``ima_template_fmt=``.
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======================
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Security documentation
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Security Documentation
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======================
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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IMA-templates
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tpm/index
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