Re: [PATCH 10/8] modsign: Allow password to be specified for signing key

[Mimi Zohar]

On Tue, 2015-05-19 at 15:45 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> We don't want this in the Kconfig since it might then get exposed in
> /proc/config.gz. So make it a parameter to Kbuild instead. This also
> means we don't have to jump through hoops to strip quotes from it, as
> we would if it was a config option.

Definitely better.  (FYI, Dmitry's modsig patches from 2012 used the
keyring for safely storing a password. )

Mimi

> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt  |  5 +++++
>  Documentation/module-signing.txt |  3 +++
>  scripts/sign-file.c              | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
> index 6466704..0ff6a46 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
> @@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ The output directory is often set using "O=..." on the commandline.
> 
>  The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored.
> 
> +KBUILD_SIGN_PIN
> +--------------------------------------------------
> +This variable allows a passphrase or PIN to be passed to the sign-file
> +utility when signing kernel modules, if the private key requires such.
> +
>  KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN
>  --------------------------------------------------
>  KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid errors in case of undefined
> diff --git a/Documentation/module-signing.txt b/Documentation/module-signing.txt
> index c72702e..faaa6ea 100644
> --- a/Documentation/module-signing.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/module-signing.txt
> @@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ The hash algorithm used does not have to match the one configured, but if it
>  doesn't, you should make sure that hash algorithm is either built into the
>  kernel or can be loaded without requiring itself.
> 
> +If the private key requires a passphrase or PIN, it can be provided in the
> +$KBUILD_SIGN_PIN environment variable.
> +
> 
>  ============================
>  SIGNED MODULES AND STRIPPING
> diff --git a/scripts/sign-file.c b/scripts/sign-file.c
> index 39aaabe..720b9bc 100755
> --- a/scripts/sign-file.c
> +++ b/scripts/sign-file.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,27 @@ static void drain_openssl_errors(void)
>  		}					\
>  	} while(0)
> 
> +static const char *key_pass;
> +
> +static int pem_pw_cb(char *buf, int len, int w, void *v)
> +{
> +	int pwlen;
> +
> +	if (!key_pass)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	pwlen = strlen(key_pass);
> +	if (pwlen >= len)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	strcpy(buf, key_pass);
> +
> +	/* If it's wrong, don't keep trying it. */
> +	key_pass = NULL;
> +
> +	return pwlen;
> +}
> +
>  int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  {
>  	struct module_signature sig_info = { .id_type = PKEY_ID_PKCS7 };
> @@ -96,9 +117,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	BIO *b, *bd = NULL, *bm;
>  	int opt, n;
> 
> +	OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
>  	ERR_load_crypto_strings();
>  	ERR_clear_error();
> 
> +	key_pass = getenv("KBUILD_SIGN_PIN");
> +
>  	do {
>  		opt = getopt(argc, argv, "dp");
>  		switch (opt) {
> @@ -132,7 +156,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	 */
>  	b = BIO_new_file(private_key_name, "rb");
>  	ERR(!b, "%s", private_key_name);
> -        private_key = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(b, NULL, NULL, NULL);
> +	private_key = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(b, NULL, pem_pw_cb, NULL);
> +	ERR(!private_key, "%s", private_key_name);
>  	BIO_free(b);
> 
>  	b = BIO_new_file(x509_name, "rb");
> -- 
> 2.4.0
> 
> 


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