linux/security
Yeoreum Yun 1ebe7997b5 security: ima: introduce IMA_INIT_LATE_SYNC option
To generate the boot_aggregate log in the IMA subsystem with
TPM PCR values, the TPM driver must be built as built-in and
must be probed before the IMA subsystem is initialized.

However, when the TPM device operates over the FF-A protocol using
the CRB interface, probing fails and returns -EPROBE_DEFER if
the tpm_crb_ffa device — an FF-A device that provides the communication
interface to the tpm_crb driver — has not yet been probed.

To ensure the TPM device operating over the FF-A protocol with
the CRB interface is probed before IMA initialization,
the following conditions must be met:

1. The corresponding ffa_device must be registered,
   which is done via ffa_init().

2. The tpm_crb_driver must successfully probe this device via
   tpm_crb_ffa_init().

3. The tpm_crb driver using CRB over FF-A can then
   be probed successfully. (See crb_acpi_add() and
   tpm_crb_ffa_init() for reference.)

Unfortunately, ffa_init(), tpm_crb_ffa_init(), and crb_acpi_driver_init()
are all registered with device_initcall, which means
crb_acpi_driver_init() may be invoked before ffa_init() and
tpm_crb_ffa_init() are completed.

When this occurs, probing the TPM device is deferred.
However, the deferred probe can happen after the IMA subsystem
has already been initialized, since IMA initialization is performed
during late_initcall, and deferred_probe_initcall() is performed
at the same level.

And the similar situation is reported on TPM devices attached on SPI
bus[0].

To resolve this, introduce IMA_INIT_LATE_SYNC option to initialise
IMA at late_inicall_sync so that IMA is initialized with the TPM
device probed deferred.

When this option is enabled, modules that access files in the
initramfs through usermode helper calls such as request_module()
during initcall must not be built-in. Otherwise, IMA may miss
measuring those files [1].

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aYXEepLhUouN5f99@earth.li/ [0]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2b3782398cc17ce9d355490a0c42ebce9120a9ae.camel@linux.ibm.com/ [1]
Suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
[zohar@linux.ibm.com: Fixed Kconfig merge conflict]
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
History 2026-08-04 12:35:02 -04:00
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apparmor apparmor: advertise the tcp fast open fix is applied 2026-06-23 22:15:15 -07:00
bpf bpf: Reject BPF_MAP_TYPE_INODE_STORAGE creation if BPF LSM is uninitialized 2026-06-30 16:31:56 +02:00
integrity security: ima: introduce IMA_INIT_LATE_SYNC option 2026-08-04 12:35:02 -04:00
ipe treewide: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:28 +01:00
keys keys: make keyring key-chunk byte order agree with keyring_diff_objects() 2026-07-23 18:23:39 +03:00
landlock landlock: Update formatting 2026-07-10 12:59:10 +02:00
loadpin Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
lockdown lockdown: move initcalls to the LSM framework 2025-10-22 19:24:27 -04:00
safesetid Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
selinux selinux: fix incorrect execmem checks on overlayfs 2026-07-14 18:10:20 -04:00
smack security,fs,nfs,net: update security_inode_listsecurity() interface 2026-05-01 11:29:33 -04:00
tomoyo tomoyo: use u64 for holding inode->i_ino value 2026-04-15 00:00:10 +09:00
yama Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
commoncap.c security: Add KUnit tests for kuid_root_in_ns and vfsuid_root_in_currentns 2026-01-09 11:28:28 -06:00
commoncap_test.c security: Add KUnit tests for kuid_root_in_ns and vfsuid_root_in_currentns 2026-01-09 11:28:28 -06:00
device_cgroup.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
inode.c securityfs: use kstrdup_const() to manage symlink targets 2026-03-17 17:13:36 -04:00
Kconfig proc: make PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE the Kconfig default 2026-04-13 09:12:37 -07:00
Kconfig.hardening security/Kconfig.hardening: Remove tautological condition from CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT 2026-05-27 15:20:04 -07:00
lsm.h lsm: add backing_file LSM hooks 2026-04-03 16:53:50 -04:00
lsm_audit.c treewide: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:28 +01:00
lsm_init.c security: lsm: allow LSMs to register for late_initcall_sync init 2026-08-04 12:35:02 -04:00
lsm_notifier.c lsm: split the notifier code out into lsm_notifier.c 2025-10-22 19:24:15 -04:00
lsm_syscalls.c lsm: hold cred_guard_mutex for lsm_set_self_attr() 2026-05-14 16:47:59 -04:00
Makefile lsm: split the init code out into lsm_init.c 2025-10-22 19:24:16 -04:00
min_addr.c lsm: preserve /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr when !CONFIG_SECURITY 2026-01-29 13:56:53 -05:00
security.c security,fs,nfs,net: update security_inode_listsecurity() interface 2026-05-01 11:29:33 -04:00