Re: [PATCH v2] tpm2: add longer timeout for verify signature command

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 12:39:39 EST


On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 05:00:59PM +0300, amirmizi6@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Amir Mizinski <amirmizi6@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> While running a TPM2_CC_VERIFY_SIGNATURE(0x177) operation with RSA 3070-bit

The hexcode for the TPM command is absoulutely irrelevant detail.

AFAIK, 3070-bit does not exist. It's 3072-bit.

> keys the TPM driver fails with the following error:

Empty line here.

> "kernel: [ 2416.187522] tpm tpm0: Operation Timed out"
>
> Since a) the TPM PC Client specification does not specify a number for

Remove "a)".
> verify signature operation timeout, and b) the duration of

Remove "b)".

> TPM2_CC_VERIFY_SIGNATURE with RSA 3070-bit keys exceeds the current timeout
> of TPM_LONG (2 seconds), it is preferable to pick the longest timeout
> possible.

Empty line here.

> Therefore, set the duration for TPM2_CC_VERIFY_SIGNATUE to TPM_LONG_LONG
> (5 minutes).
>
Add here:

Link: https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-specific-platform-firmware-profile-specification/

> Signed-off-by: Amir Mizinski <amirmizi6@xxxxxxxxx>


> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
> index 7603295..e71154b 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static u8 tpm2_ordinal_duration_index(u32 ordinal)
> return TPM_MEDIUM;
>
> case TPM2_CC_VERIFY_SIGNATURE: /* 177 */
> - return TPM_LONG;
> + return TPM_LONG_LONG;
>
> case TPM2_CC_PCR_EXTEND: /* 182 */
> return TPM_MEDIUM;
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>

/Jarkko