Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] ima: support calculating the boot_aggregate based on different TPM banks

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Thu Jan 30 2020 - 12:33:24 EST


On Thu, 2020-01-30 at 16:54 +0000, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-integrity-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-integrity-
> > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mimi Zohar
> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:23 PM
> > To: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@xxxxxxxxxx>; James Bottomley
> > <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] ima: support calculating the boot_aggregate based
> > on different TPM banks
> >
> > Calculating the boot_aggregate attempts to read the TPM SHA1 bank,
> > assuming it is always enabled. With TPM 2.0 hash agility, TPM chips
> > could support multiple TPM PCR banks, allowing firmware to configure and
> > enable different banks.
> >
> > Instead of hard coding the TPM 2.0 bank hash algorithm used for calculating
> > the boot-aggregate, use the same hash algorithm for reading the TPM PCRs
> > as
> > for calculating the boot aggregate digest. Preference is given to the
> > configured IMA default hash algorithm.
> >
> > For TPM 1.2 SHA1 is the only supported hash algorithm.
> >
> > Reported-by: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c | 45
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
> > b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
> > index 7967a6904851..a020aaefdea8 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
> > @@ -656,13 +656,34 @@ static void __init ima_pcrread(u32 idx, struct
> > tpm_digest *d)
> > pr_err("Error Communicating to TPM chip\n");
> > }
> >
> > +static enum hash_algo get_hash_algo(const char *algname)
> > +{
> > + int i;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < HASH_ALGO__LAST; i++) {
> > + if (strcmp(algname, hash_algo_name[i]) == 0)
> > + break;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return i;
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > - * Calculate the boot aggregate hash
> > + * The boot_aggregate is a cumulative hash over TPM registers 0 - 7. With
> > + * TPM 1.2 the boot_aggregate was based on reading the SHA1 PCRs, but
> > with
> > + * TPM 2.0 hash agility, TPM chips could support multiple TPM PCR banks,
> > + * allowing firmware to configure and enable different banks.
> > + *
> > + * Knowing which TPM bank is read to calculate the boot_aggregate digest
> > + * needs to be conveyed to a verifier. For this reason, use the same
> > + * hash algorithm for reading the TPM PCRs as for calculating the boot
> > + * aggregate digest as stored in the measurement list.
> > */
> > static int __init ima_calc_boot_aggregate_tfm(char *digest,
> > struct crypto_shash *tfm)
> > {
> > struct tpm_digest d = { .alg_id = TPM_ALG_SHA1, .digest = {0} };
> > + enum hash_algo crypto_id;
> > int rc;
> > u32 i;
> > SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(shash, tfm);
> > @@ -673,6 +694,28 @@ static int __init ima_calc_boot_aggregate_tfm(char
> > *digest,
> > if (rc != 0)
> > return rc;
> >
> > + crypto_id = get_hash_algo(crypto_shash_alg_name(tfm));
>
> Wouldn't be better to determine the index of ima_tpm_chip->allocated_banks
> in patch 1/2 and pass that index here, to avoid another search?

Both your suggestion and Lakshmi's suggestion change the parameters to
ima_calc_boot_aggregate_tfm(), which I was trying to avoid for now. ÂI
want it to be as easy as possible to backport.

Going forward, you might be correct.

Mimi