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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm index 9578247e1792..d12cb2eae9ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm @@ -14,30 +14,46 @@ Description: generated either locally or remotely using an asymmetric key. These keys are loaded onto root's keyring using keyctl, and EVM is then enabled by - echoing a value to <securityfs>/evm: + echoing a value to <securityfs>/evm made up of the + following bits: - 1: enable HMAC validation and creation - 2: enable digital signature validation - 3: enable HMAC and digital signature validation and HMAC - creation + Bit Effect + 0 Enable HMAC validation and creation + 1 Enable digital signature validation + 2 Permit modification of EVM-protected metadata at + runtime. Not supported if HMAC validation and + creation is enabled. + 31 Disable further runtime modification of EVM policy - Further writes will be blocked if HMAC support is enabled or - if bit 32 is set: + For example: - echo 0x80000002 ><securityfs>/evm + echo 1 ><securityfs>/evm - will enable digital signature validation and block - further writes to <securityfs>/evm. + will enable HMAC validation and creation - Until this is done, EVM can not create or validate the - 'security.evm' xattr, but returns INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN. - Loading keys and signaling EVM should be done as early - as possible. Normally this is done in the initramfs, - which has already been measured as part of the trusted - boot. For more information on creating and loading - existing trusted/encrypted keys, refer to: + echo 0x80000003 ><securityfs>/evm - Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst. Both dracut - (via 97masterkey and 98integrity) and systemd (via + will enable HMAC and digital signature validation and + HMAC creation and disable all further modification of policy. + + echo 0x80000006 ><securityfs>/evm + + will enable digital signature validation, permit + modification of EVM-protected metadata and + disable all further modification of policy + + Note that once a key has been loaded, it will no longer be + possible to enable metadata modification. + + Until key loading has been signaled EVM can not create + or validate the 'security.evm' xattr, but returns + INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN. Loading keys and signaling EVM + should be done as early as possible. Normally this is + done in the initramfs, which has already been measured + as part of the trusted boot. For more information on + creating and loading existing trusted/encrypted keys, + refer to: + Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst. Both + dracut (via 97masterkey and 98integrity) and systemd (via core/ima-setup) have support for loading keys at boot time. |