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SubjectRe: IMA & truncate
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 04:32:27PM +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have discovered one IMA related issue.
>
> IMA file hash is re-calculate if needed on file close.
>
> It works with ftruncate(fd, length) syscall, because it operates on
> "opened" file.
> Recalculation is happening on file close.
>
> truncate(path, length) syscall works with path and no file open/close
> takes place.
> Recalculation does not happen.
> IMA denies file access later.
>
> It looks like vfs_truncate() should possibly call IMA to recalculate the
> hash.

Who said that it has permissions to read the file? Reread truncate(2)
manpage; it requires the file to be *writable* for caller, but it doesn't
need it to be readable.


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