On Wed, 2019-05-15 at 11:17 -0700, Lakshmi wrote:
> Hi Mimi,
> 
> I would like to make sure I understood your feedback.
> 
> > 
> > Why duplicate the certificate info on each record in the measurement
> > list?  Why not add the certificate info once, as the key is loaded
> > onto the .ima and .platform keyrings?
> > 
> 
> key_create_or_update function in security/keys/key.c is called to 
> add\update a key to a keyring. Are you suggesting that an IMA function 
> be called from here to add the certificate info to the IMA log?

There's an existing LSM hook in alloc_key(), but the keyring isn't
being passed.  Again a decision would need to be made as to whether
this needs to be an LSM or IMA hook.

> 
> Our requirement is that the key information is available in the IMA log 
> which is TPM backed.
> 

There's some confusion as to why adding the keys to the measurement
list is needed.  Could you respond to Ken's questions please?

Mimi

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