From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Jean-Christophe Dubois <jcd@tribudubois.net>,
David Safford <safford@watson.ibm.com>,
Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>, Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ima: remove ACPI dependency
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:26:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1256563579-11014-2-git-send-email-zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1256563579-11014-1-git-send-email-zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Remove ACPI dependency on systems without a TPM enabled.
Reported-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jcd@tribudubois.net>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jcd@tribudubois.net>
Cc: Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org>
---
security/integrity/ima/Kconfig | 17 +++++++----------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
index 3d7846d..3ca39e7 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@
#
config IMA
bool "Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA)"
- depends on ACPI
- depends on SECURITY
select SECURITYFS
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_HMAC
select CRYPTO_MD5
select CRYPTO_SHA1
- select TCG_TPM
- select TCG_TIS
+ select ACPI if TCG_TPM
help
The Trusted Computing Group(TCG) runtime Integrity
Measurement Architecture(IMA) maintains a list of hash
@@ -19,12 +16,12 @@ config IMA
to change the contents of an important system file
being measured, we can tell.
- If your system has a TPM chip, then IMA also maintains
- an aggregate integrity value over this list inside the
- TPM hardware, so that the TPM can prove to a third party
- whether or not critical system files have been modified.
- Read <http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/tech/sailer.html>
- to learn more about IMA.
+ If your system has a TPM chip, and it is enabled, then
+ IMA also maintains an aggregate integrity value over
+ this list inside the TPM hardware, so that the TPM can
+ prove to a third party whether or not critical system
+ files have been modified. To learn more about IMA, read
+ <http://www.usenix.org/events/sec04/tech/sailer.html>
If unsure, say N.
config IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX
--
1.6.0.6
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-26 13:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-26 13:26 [PATCH] tpm add default function definitions Mimi Zohar
2009-10-26 13:26 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2009-10-27 13:58 ` [PATCH] ima: remove ACPI dependency Eric Paris
2009-10-27 15:59 ` David Safford
2009-10-27 16:36 ` Eric Paris
2009-10-27 20:42 ` David Safford
2009-10-27 20:56 ` Eric Paris
2009-10-28 18:51 ` Rajiv Andrade
2009-10-26 14:06 ` [PATCH] tpm add default function definitions Rajiv Andrade
2009-10-27 14:08 ` Eric Paris
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-05-04 22:16 [PATCH] ima: remove ACPI dependency Mimi Zohar
2010-05-05 0:01 ` James Morris
2010-05-14 14:39 ` Mimi Zohar
2010-05-16 23:23 ` James Morris
2009-10-20 20:12 Mimi Zohar
2009-10-25 18:17 ` Jean-Christophe Dubois
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