diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 3689081aaf38..a65772ffa427 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ void ima_store_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint, struct file *file,
 			   struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_value,
 			   int xattr_len, const struct modsig *modsig, int pcr,
 			   struct ima_template_desc *template_desc);
+void process_buffer_measurement(const void *buf, int size,
+				const char *eventname, enum ima_hooks func,
+				int pcr);
 void ima_audit_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 			   const unsigned char *filename);
 int ima_alloc_init_template(struct ima_event_data *event_data,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 60027c643ecd..a26e3ad4e886 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ int ima_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id)
  * @buf: pointer to the buffer that needs to be added to the log.
  * @size: size of buffer(in bytes).
  * @eventname: event name to be used for the buffer entry.
- * @cred: a pointer to a credentials structure for user validation.
- * @secid: the secid of the task to be validated.
+ * @func: IMA hook
+ * @pcr: pcr to extend the measurement
  *
  * Based on policy, the buffer is measured into the ima log.
  */
-static void process_buffer_measurement(const void *buf, int size,
-				       const char *eventname,
-				       const struct cred *cred, u32 secid)
+void process_buffer_measurement(const void *buf, int size,
+				const char *eventname, enum ima_hooks func,
+				int pcr)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct ima_template_entry *entry = NULL;
@@ -642,19 +642,45 @@ static void process_buffer_measurement(const void *buf, int size,
 					    .filename = eventname,
 					    .buf = buf,
 					    .buf_len = size};
-	struct ima_template_desc *template_desc = NULL;
+	struct ima_template_desc *template = NULL;
 	struct {
 		struct ima_digest_data hdr;
 		char digest[IMA_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
 	} hash = {};
 	int violation = 0;
-	int pcr = CONFIG_IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX;
 	int action = 0;
+	u32 secid;
 
-	action = ima_get_action(NULL, cred, secid, 0, KEXEC_CMDLINE, &pcr,
-				&template_desc);
-	if (!(action & IMA_MEASURE))
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * Both LSM hooks and auxilary based buffer measurements are
+	 * based on policy.  To avoid code duplication, differentiate
+	 * between the LSM hooks and auxilary buffer measurements,
+	 * retrieving the policy rule information only for the LSM hook
+	 * buffer measurements.
+	 */
+	if (func) {
+		security_task_getsecid(current, &secid);
+		action = ima_get_action(NULL, current_cred(), secid, 0, func,
+					&pcr, &template);
+		if (!(action & IMA_MEASURE))
+			return;
+	}
+
+	if (!pcr)
+		pcr = CONFIG_IMA_MEASURE_PCR_IDX;
+
+	if (!template) {
+		template = lookup_template_desc("ima-buf");
+		ret = template_desc_init_fields(template->fmt,
+						&(template->fields),
+						&(template->num_fields));
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			pr_err("template %s init failed, result: %d\n",
+			       (strlen(template->name) ?
+				template->name : template->fmt), ret);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 
 	iint.ima_hash = &hash.hdr;
 	iint.ima_hash->algo = ima_hash_algo;
@@ -664,7 +690,7 @@ static void process_buffer_measurement(const void *buf, int size,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = ima_alloc_init_template(&event_data, &entry, template_desc);
+	ret = ima_alloc_init_template(&event_data, &entry, template);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -686,13 +712,9 @@ out:
  */
 void ima_kexec_cmdline(const void *buf, int size)
 {
-	u32 secid;
-
-	if (buf && size != 0) {
-		security_task_getsecid(current, &secid);
+	if (buf && size != 0)
 		process_buffer_measurement(buf, size, "kexec-cmdline",
-					   current_cred(), secid);
-	}
+					   KEXEC_CMDLINE, 0);
 }
 
 static int __init init_ima(void)