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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c26
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4943fc845a15..2e369a6a5641 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2212,6 +2212,11 @@
different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
to achieve best performance for particular HW.
+ ima= [IMA] Enable or disable IMA
+ Format: { "off" | "on" }
+ Default: "on"
+ Note that disabling IMA is limited to kdump kernel.
+
indirect_target_selection= [X86,Intel] Mitigation control for Indirect
Target Selection(ITS) bug in Intel CPUs. Updated
microcode is also required for a fix in IBPB.
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index f99ab1a3b0f0..cdd225f65a62 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/iversion.h>
#include <linux/evm.h>
+#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
#include "ima.h"
@@ -38,11 +39,30 @@ int ima_appraise;
int __ro_after_init ima_hash_algo = HASH_ALGO_SHA1;
static int hash_setup_done;
+static int ima_disabled __ro_after_init;
static struct notifier_block ima_lsm_policy_notifier = {
.notifier_call = ima_lsm_policy_change,
};
+static int __init ima_setup(char *str)
+{
+ if (!is_kdump_kernel()) {
+ pr_info("Warning: ima setup option only permitted in kdump");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (strncmp(str, "off", 3) == 0)
+ ima_disabled = 1;
+ else if (strncmp(str, "on", 2) == 0)
+ ima_disabled = 0;
+ else
+ pr_err("Invalid ima setup option: \"%s\" , please specify ima=on|off.", str);
+
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("ima=", ima_setup);
+
static int __init hash_setup(char *str)
{
struct ima_template_desc *template_desc = ima_template_desc_current();
@@ -1186,6 +1206,12 @@ static int __init init_ima(void)
{
int error;
+ /*Note that turning IMA off is intentionally limited to kdump kernel.*/
+ if (ima_disabled && is_kdump_kernel()) {
+ pr_info("IMA functionality is disabled");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
ima_appraise_parse_cmdline();
ima_init_template_list();
hash_setup(CONFIG_IMA_DEFAULT_HASH);