[PATCH v2 1/3] certs: define a trusted platform keyring

From: Nayna Jain
Date: Fri Mar 09 2018 - 10:39:37 EST


The kernel can be supplied in SEEPROM or lockable flash memory in embedded
devices. Some devices may not support secure boot, but the kernel is
trusted because the image is stored in protected memory. That kernel may
need to kexec additional kernels, it may be used as a bootloader, for
example, or it may need to kexec a crashdump kernel. In such cases, it may
want to verify the signature of the next kernel.

The kernel, however, cannot directly verify platform keys, and an
administrator may therefore not want to trust them for arbitrary usage.
In order to differentiate platform keys from other keys and provide the
necessary separation of trust, the kernel needs an additional keyring to
store platform keys.

This patch implements a built-in list of certificates that are loaded onto
the trusted platform keyring named ".platform_keys" to facilitate signature
verification during kexec. Because the platform keyring are builtin, it
cannot be updated from userspace.

This keyring can be enabled by setting CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING. The
platform certificate can be provided using CONFIG_PLATFORM_TRUSTED_KEYS.

Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog:

v2:

* Include David Howell's feedback:
* Fix the indentation
* Fix the patch description per line length as suggested by Mimi

certs/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++++++++
certs/Makefile | 13 +++++++++++
certs/system_certificates.S | 20 +++++++++++++++++
certs/system_keyring.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
4 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/certs/Kconfig b/certs/Kconfig
index 5f7663df6e8e..608a4358a25e 100644
--- a/certs/Kconfig
+++ b/certs/Kconfig
@@ -83,4 +83,21 @@ config SYSTEM_BLACKLIST_HASH_LIST
wrapper to incorporate the list into the kernel. Each <hash> should
be a string of hex digits.

+config PLATFORM_KEYRING
+ bool "Provide keyring for platform trusted keys"
+ depends on KEYS
+ depends on ASYMMETRIC_KEY_TYPE
+ help
+ Provide a separate, distinct keyring for platform trusted keys, which
+ the kernel automatically populates during initialization from values
+ embedded during build, used for verifying the kexec'ed kernel image
+ and, possibly, the initramfs signature.
+
+config PLATFORM_TRUSTED_KEYS
+ string "Platform/Firmware trusted X.509 certs."
+ depends on PLATFORM_KEYRING
+ help
+ Provide the filename of a PEM-formatted file containing the platform
+ trusted X.509 certificates to be loaded in the platform keyring.
+
endmenu
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index 5d0999b9e21b..680903725031 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -104,3 +104,16 @@ targets += signing_key.x509
$(obj)/signing_key.x509: scripts/extract-cert $(X509_DEP) FORCE
$(call if_changed,extract_certs,$(MODULE_SIG_KEY_SRCPREFIX)$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY))
endif # CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
+
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING),y)
+
+$(eval $(call config_filename,PLATFORM_TRUSTED_KEYS))
+
+# GCC doesn't include .incbin files in -MD generated dependencies (PR#66871)
+$(obj)/system_certificates.o: $(obj)/platform_certificate_list
+
+targets += platform_certificate_list
+$(obj)/platform_certificate_list: scripts/extract-cert $(PLATFORM_TRUSTED_KEYS_FILENAME) FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,extract_certs,$(CONFIG_PLATFORM_TRUSTED_KEYS))
+endif # CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
diff --git a/certs/system_certificates.S b/certs/system_certificates.S
index 3918ff7235ed..b0eb448ee617 100644
--- a/certs/system_certificates.S
+++ b/certs/system_certificates.S
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ __cert_list_start:
.incbin "certs/x509_certificate_list"
__cert_list_end:

+#ifdef CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
+ .align 8
+ .globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(platform_certificate_list)
+VMLINUX_SYMBOL(platform_certificate_list):
+__platform_cert_list_start:
+ .incbin "certs/platform_certificate_list"
+__platform_cert_list_end:
+#endif /* CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE
.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert)
.size system_extra_cert, CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE_SIZE
@@ -35,3 +44,14 @@ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_certificate_list_size):
#else
.long __cert_list_end - __cert_list_start
#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
+ .align 8
+ .globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(platform_certificate_list_size)
+VMLINUX_SYMBOL(platform_certificate_list_size):
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ .quad __platform_cert_list_end - __platform_cert_list_start
+#else
+ .long __platform_cert_list_end - __platform_cert_list_start
+#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING */
diff --git a/certs/system_keyring.c b/certs/system_keyring.c
index 6251d1b27f0c..594b4986a081 100644
--- a/certs/system_keyring.c
+++ b/certs/system_keyring.c
@@ -19,14 +19,22 @@
#include <keys/system_keyring.h>
#include <crypto/pkcs7.h>

+#define BUILTIN_TRUSTED_KEYRING 0
+#define PLATFORM_KEYRING 1
+
static struct key *builtin_trusted_keys;
#ifdef CONFIG_SECONDARY_TRUSTED_KEYRING
static struct key *secondary_trusted_keys;
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
+static struct key *platform_keys __ro_after_init;
+#endif

extern __initconst const u8 system_certificate_list[];
extern __initconst const unsigned long system_certificate_list_size;

+extern __initconst const u8 platform_certificate_list[];
+extern __initconst const unsigned long platform_certificate_list_size;
/**
* restrict_link_to_builtin_trusted - Restrict keyring addition by built in CA
*
@@ -123,6 +131,18 @@ static __init int system_trusted_keyring_init(void)
panic("Can't link trusted keyrings\n");
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
+ platform_keys =
+ keyring_alloc(".platform_keys",
+ KUIDT_INIT(0), KGIDT_INIT(0), current_cred(),
+ ((KEY_POS_ALL & ~KEY_POS_SETATTR) |
+ KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_USR_READ | KEY_USR_SEARCH),
+ KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA,
+ NULL, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(platform_keys))
+ panic("Can't allocate platform keyring\n");
+#endif
+
return 0;
}

@@ -132,18 +152,19 @@ static __init int system_trusted_keyring_init(void)
device_initcall(system_trusted_keyring_init);

/*
- * Load the compiled-in list of X.509 certificates.
+ * Load the certificates to the keyring.
*/
-static __init int load_system_certificate_list(void)
+static __init int load_certificate_list(const u8 *p, unsigned long size,
+ struct key *keyring)
{
key_ref_t key;
- const u8 *p, *end;
+ const u8 *end;
size_t plen;

- pr_notice("Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates\n");
+ pr_notice("Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates to %s\n",
+ keyring->description);

- p = system_certificate_list;
- end = p + system_certificate_list_size;
+ end = p + size;
while (p < end) {
/* Each cert begins with an ASN.1 SEQUENCE tag and must be more
* than 256 bytes in size.
@@ -158,7 +179,7 @@ static __init int load_system_certificate_list(void)
if (plen > end - p)
goto dodgy_cert;

- key = key_create_or_update(make_key_ref(builtin_trusted_keys, 1),
+ key = key_create_or_update(make_key_ref(keyring, 1),
"asymmetric",
NULL,
p,
@@ -185,7 +206,25 @@ static __init int load_system_certificate_list(void)
pr_err("Problem parsing in-kernel X.509 certificate list\n");
return 0;
}
-late_initcall(load_system_certificate_list);
+
+/*
+ * Load the compiled-in list of system and platform X.509 certificates.
+ */
+static __init int load_compiled_certificate_list(void)
+{
+ /* Loading certs in builtin keyring */
+ load_certificate_list(system_certificate_list,
+ system_certificate_list_size, builtin_trusted_keys);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING
+ /* Loading certs in platform keyring */
+ load_certificate_list(platform_certificate_list,
+ platform_certificate_list_size, platform_keys);
+#endif
+
+ return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(load_compiled_certificate_list);

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION

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