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authorDeven Bowers <deven.desai@linux.microsoft.com>2024-08-03 09:08:33 +0300
committerPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>2024-08-20 21:03:47 +0300
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documentation: add IPE documentation
Add IPE's admin and developer documentation to the kernel tree. Co-developed-by: Fan Wu <wufan@linux.microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers <deven.desai@linux.microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wufan@linux.microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
index 362b7a5dc300..0e2fac7a16da 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ authenticating fs-verity file hashes include:
"IPE policy" specifically allows for the authorization of fs-verity
files using properties ``fsverity_digest`` for identifying
files by their verity digest, and ``fsverity_signature`` to authorize
- files with a verified fs-verity's built-in signature.
+ files with a verified fs-verity's built-in signature. For
+ details on configuring IPE policies and understanding its operational
+ modes, please refer to :doc:`IPE admin guide </admin-guide/LSM/ipe>`.
- Trusted userspace code in combination with `Built-in signature
verification`_. This approach should be used only with great care.
@@ -508,6 +510,8 @@ be carefully considered before using them:
files with a verified fs-verity builtin signature to perform certain
operations, such as execution. Note that IPE doesn't require
fs.verity.require_signatures=1.
+ Please refer to :doc:`IPE admin guide </admin-guide/LSM/ipe>` for
+ more details.
- A file's builtin signature can only be set at the same time that
fs-verity is being enabled on the file. Changing or deleting the