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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 19:06:39 +0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 19:06:39 +0400 |
commit | bb2cbf5e9367d8598fecd0c48dead69560750223 (patch) | |
tree | fb2c620451b90f41a31726bdd82077813f941e39 /Documentation | |
parent | e7fda6c4c3c1a7d6996dd75fd84670fa0b5d448f (diff) | |
parent | 478d085524c57cf4283699f529d5a4c22188ea69 (diff) | |
download | linux-bb2cbf5e9367d8598fecd0c48dead69560750223.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
Pull security subsystem updates from James Morris:
"In this release:
- PKCS#7 parser for the key management subsystem from David Howells
- appoint Kees Cook as seccomp maintainer
- bugfixes and general maintenance across the subsystem"
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (94 commits)
X.509: Need to export x509_request_asymmetric_key()
netlabel: shorter names for the NetLabel catmap funcs/structs
netlabel: fix the catmap walking functions
netlabel: fix the horribly broken catmap functions
netlabel: fix a problem when setting bits below the previously lowest bit
PKCS#7: X.509 certificate issuer and subject are mandatory fields in the ASN.1
tpm: simplify code by using %*phN specifier
tpm: Provide a generic means to override the chip returned timeouts
tpm: missing tpm_chip_put in tpm_get_random()
tpm: Properly clean sysfs entries in error path
tpm: Add missing tpm_do_selftest to ST33 I2C driver
PKCS#7: Use x509_request_asymmetric_key()
Revert "selinux: fix the default socket labeling in sock_graft()"
X.509: x509_request_asymmetric_keys() doesn't need string length arguments
PKCS#7: fix sparse non static symbol warning
KEYS: revert encrypted key change
ima: add support for measuring and appraising firmware
firmware_class: perform new LSM checks
security: introduce kernel_fw_from_file hook
PKCS#7: Missing inclusion of linux/err.h
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys.txt | 14 |
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy index 4c3efe434806..d0d0c578324c 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/ima_policy @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Description: option: [[appraise_type=]] [permit_directio] base: func:= [BPRM_CHECK][MMAP_CHECK][FILE_CHECK][MODULE_CHECK] + [FIRMWARE_CHECK] mask:= [MAY_READ] [MAY_WRITE] [MAY_APPEND] [MAY_EXEC] fsmagic:= hex value fsuuid:= file system UUID (e.g 8bcbe394-4f13-4144-be8e-5aa9ea2ce2f6) @@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ Description: measure func=BPRM_CHECK measure func=FILE_MMAP mask=MAY_EXEC measure func=FILE_CHECK mask=MAY_READ uid=0 - measure func=MODULE_CHECK uid=0 + measure func=MODULE_CHECK + measure func=FIRMWARE_CHECK appraise fowner=0 The default policy measures all executables in bprm_check, diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 6c062a64a796..883901b9ac4f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. possible to determine what the correct size should be. This option provides an override for these situations. + ca_keys= [KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on + the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate + trust validation. + format: { id:<keyid> | builtin } + ccw_timeout_log [S390] See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details. @@ -1319,6 +1324,23 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Formats: { "ima" | "ima-ng" } Default: "ima-ng" + ima.ahash_minsize= [IMA] Minimum file size for asynchronous hash usage + Format: <min_file_size> + Set the minimal file size for using asynchronous hash. + If left unspecified, ahash usage is disabled. + + ahash performance varies for different data sizes on + different crypto accelerators. This option can be used + to achieve the best performance for a particular HW. + + ima.ahash_bufsize= [IMA] Asynchronous hash buffer size + Format: <bufsize> + Set hashing buffer size. Default: 4k. + + ahash performance varies for different chunk sizes on + different crypto accelerators. This option can be used + to achieve best performance for particular HW. + init= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt index a4c33f1a7c6d..8727c194ca16 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt @@ -1150,20 +1150,24 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory: const void *data; size_t datalen; size_t quotalen; + time_t expiry; }; Before calling the method, the caller will fill in data and datalen with the payload blob parameters; quotalen will be filled in with the default - quota size from the key type and the rest will be cleared. + quota size from the key type; expiry will be set to TIME_T_MAX and the + rest will be cleared. If a description can be proposed from the payload contents, that should be attached as a string to the description field. This will be used for the key description if the caller of add_key() passes NULL or "". The method can attach anything it likes to type_data[] and payload. These - are merely passed along to the instantiate() or update() operations. + are merely passed along to the instantiate() or update() operations. If + set, the expiry time will be applied to the key if it is instantiated from + this data. - The method should return 0 if success ful or a negative error code + The method should return 0 if successful or a negative error code otherwise. @@ -1172,7 +1176,9 @@ The structure has a number of fields, some of which are mandatory: This method is only required if the preparse() method is provided, otherwise it is unused. It cleans up anything attached to the description, type_data and payload fields of the key_preparsed_payload - struct as filled in by the preparse() method. + struct as filled in by the preparse() method. It will always be called + after preparse() returns successfully, even if instantiate() or update() + succeed. (*) int (*instantiate)(struct key *key, struct key_preparsed_payload *prep); |