diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm.h b/security/integrity/evm/evm.h
index d320f51974376219250efa3262a23488eacb76a0..c885247ebcf7d7b64c5f97ac0449e75488de317b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm.h
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm.h
@@ -12,14 +12,21 @@
  * File: evm.h
  *
  */
+
+#ifndef __INTEGRITY_EVM_H
+#define __INTEGRITY_EVM_H
+
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
+
 #include "../integrity.h"
 
 extern int evm_initialized;
 extern char *evm_hmac;
+extern char *evm_hash;
 
 extern struct crypto_shash *hmac_tfm;
+extern struct crypto_shash *hash_tfm;
 
 /* List of EVM protected security xattrs */
 extern char *evm_config_xattrnames[];
@@ -32,7 +39,12 @@ extern int evm_update_evmxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
 extern int evm_calc_hmac(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
 			 const char *req_xattr_value,
 			 size_t req_xattr_value_len, char *digest);
+extern int evm_calc_hash(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
+			 const char *req_xattr_value,
+			 size_t req_xattr_value_len, char *digest);
 extern int evm_init_hmac(struct inode *inode, const struct xattr *xattr,
 			 char *hmac_val);
 extern int evm_init_secfs(void);
 extern void evm_cleanup_secfs(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index 5dd5b140242cd8872b255c9e88878ab56155d07c..847a2d7dff17e62711bf9efd32f5e3cae834ea8a 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -26,34 +26,48 @@ static unsigned char evmkey[MAX_KEY_SIZE];
 static int evmkey_len = MAX_KEY_SIZE;
 
 struct crypto_shash *hmac_tfm;
+struct crypto_shash *hash_tfm;
 
-static struct shash_desc *init_desc(void)
+static struct shash_desc *init_desc(const char type)
 {
 	int rc;
+	char *algo;
+	struct crypto_shash **tfm;
 	struct shash_desc *desc;
 
-	if (hmac_tfm == NULL) {
-		hmac_tfm = crypto_alloc_shash(evm_hmac, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-		if (IS_ERR(hmac_tfm)) {
+	if (type == EVM_XATTR_HMAC) {
+		tfm = &hmac_tfm;
+		algo = evm_hmac;
+	} else {
+		tfm = &hash_tfm;
+		algo = evm_hash;
+	}
+
+	if (*tfm == NULL) {
+		*tfm = crypto_alloc_shash(algo, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+		if (IS_ERR(*tfm)) {
 			pr_err("Can not allocate %s (reason: %ld)\n",
-			       evm_hmac, PTR_ERR(hmac_tfm));
-			rc = PTR_ERR(hmac_tfm);
-			hmac_tfm = NULL;
+			       algo, PTR_ERR(*tfm));
+			rc = PTR_ERR(*tfm);
+			*tfm = NULL;
 			return ERR_PTR(rc);
 		}
 	}
 
-	desc = kmalloc(sizeof(*desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(hmac_tfm),
+	desc = kmalloc(sizeof(*desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(*tfm),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!desc)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	desc->tfm = hmac_tfm;
+	desc->tfm = *tfm;
 	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
 
-	rc = crypto_shash_setkey(hmac_tfm, evmkey, evmkey_len);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+	if (type == EVM_XATTR_HMAC) {
+		rc = crypto_shash_setkey(*tfm, evmkey, evmkey_len);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	rc = crypto_shash_init(desc);
 out:
 	if (rc) {
@@ -97,9 +111,11 @@ static void hmac_add_misc(struct shash_desc *desc, struct inode *inode,
  * the hmac using the requested xattr value. Don't alloc/free memory for
  * each xattr, but attempt to re-use the previously allocated memory.
  */
-int evm_calc_hmac(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
-		  const char *req_xattr_value, size_t req_xattr_value_len,
-		  char *digest)
+static int evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(struct dentry *dentry,
+				const char *req_xattr_name,
+				const char *req_xattr_value,
+				size_t req_xattr_value_len,
+				char type, char *digest)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct shash_desc *desc;
@@ -111,7 +127,7 @@ int evm_calc_hmac(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
 
 	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	desc = init_desc();
+	desc = init_desc(type);
 	if (IS_ERR(desc))
 		return PTR_ERR(desc);
 
@@ -145,6 +161,22 @@ int evm_calc_hmac(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
 	return error;
 }
 
+int evm_calc_hmac(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
+		  const char *req_xattr_value, size_t req_xattr_value_len,
+		  char *digest)
+{
+	return evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(dentry, req_xattr_name, req_xattr_value,
+				req_xattr_value_len, EVM_XATTR_HMAC, digest);
+}
+
+int evm_calc_hash(struct dentry *dentry, const char *req_xattr_name,
+		  const char *req_xattr_value, size_t req_xattr_value_len,
+		  char *digest)
+{
+	return evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(dentry, req_xattr_name, req_xattr_value,
+				req_xattr_value_len, IMA_XATTR_DIGEST, digest);
+}
+
 /*
  * Calculate the hmac and update security.evm xattr
  *
@@ -175,7 +207,7 @@ int evm_init_hmac(struct inode *inode, const struct xattr *lsm_xattr,
 {
 	struct shash_desc *desc;
 
-	desc = init_desc();
+	desc = init_desc(EVM_XATTR_HMAC);
 	if (IS_ERR(desc)) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "init_desc failed\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(desc);
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 92d3d99a9f7b8efd96a1659c5dbb170376c28908..8901501425f42beb8a0e23dade6b4e4200019bf1 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 int evm_initialized;
 
 char *evm_hmac = "hmac(sha1)";
+char *evm_hash = "sha1";
 
 char *evm_config_xattrnames[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
@@ -46,6 +47,29 @@ static int __init evm_set_fixmode(char *str)
 }
 __setup("evm=", evm_set_fixmode);
 
+static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	char **xattr;
+	int error;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	for (xattr = evm_config_xattrnames; *xattr != NULL; xattr++) {
+		error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, *xattr, NULL, 0);
+		if (error < 0) {
+			if (error == -ENODATA)
+				continue;
+			return error;
+		}
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
 /*
  * evm_verify_hmac - calculate and compare the HMAC with the EVM xattr
  *
@@ -65,32 +89,72 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 					     size_t xattr_value_len,
 					     struct integrity_iint_cache *iint)
 {
-	struct evm_ima_xattr_data xattr_data;
+	struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_data = NULL;
+	struct evm_ima_xattr_data calc;
 	enum integrity_status evm_status = INTEGRITY_PASS;
-	int rc;
+	int rc, xattr_len;
 
 	if (iint && iint->evm_status == INTEGRITY_PASS)
 		return iint->evm_status;
 
 	/* if status is not PASS, try to check again - against -ENOMEM */
 
-	rc = evm_calc_hmac(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
-			   xattr_value_len, xattr_data.digest);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		evm_status = (rc == -ENODATA)
-		    ? INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS : INTEGRITY_FAIL;
+	/* first need to know the sig type */
+	rc = vfs_getxattr_alloc(dentry, XATTR_NAME_EVM, (char **)&xattr_data, 0,
+				GFP_NOFS);
+	if (rc <= 0) {
+		if (rc == 0)
+			evm_status = INTEGRITY_FAIL; /* empty */
+		else if (rc == -ENODATA) {
+			rc = evm_find_protected_xattrs(dentry);
+			if (rc > 0)
+				evm_status = INTEGRITY_NOLABEL;
+			else if (rc == 0)
+				evm_status = INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS; /* new file */
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	xattr_data.type = EVM_XATTR_HMAC;
-	rc = vfs_xattr_cmp(dentry, XATTR_NAME_EVM, (u8 *)&xattr_data,
-			   sizeof xattr_data, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (rc < 0)
-		evm_status = (rc == -ENODATA)
-		    ? INTEGRITY_NOLABEL : INTEGRITY_FAIL;
+	xattr_len = rc - 1;
+
+	/* check value type */
+	switch (xattr_data->type) {
+	case EVM_XATTR_HMAC:
+		rc = evm_calc_hmac(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
+				   xattr_value_len, calc.digest);
+		if (rc)
+			break;
+		rc = memcmp(xattr_data->digest, calc.digest,
+			    sizeof(calc.digest));
+		if (rc)
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	case EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG:
+		rc = evm_calc_hash(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
+				xattr_value_len, calc.digest);
+		if (rc)
+			break;
+		rc = integrity_digsig_verify(INTEGRITY_KEYRING_EVM,
+					xattr_data->digest, xattr_len,
+					calc.digest, sizeof(calc.digest));
+		if (!rc) {
+			/* we probably want to replace rsa with hmac here */
+			evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
+				   xattr_value_len);
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (rc)
+		evm_status = (rc == -ENODATA) ?
+				INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS : INTEGRITY_FAIL;
 out:
 	if (iint)
 		iint->evm_status = evm_status;
+	kfree(xattr_data);
 	return evm_status;
 }
 
@@ -354,6 +418,8 @@ static int __init init_evm(void)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "EVM: Error registering secfs\n");
 		goto err;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 err:
 	return error;
 }
@@ -363,6 +429,8 @@ static void __exit cleanup_evm(void)
 	evm_cleanup_secfs();
 	if (hmac_tfm)
 		crypto_free_shash(hmac_tfm);
+	if (hash_tfm)
+		crypto_free_shash(hash_tfm);
 }
 
 /*