Re: [PATCH v11 0/4] integrity: support including firmware ".platform" keys at build time

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Mon Mar 14 2022 - 09:33:17 EST


On Fri, 2022-03-11 at 18:39 +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-03-10 at 16:44 -0500, Nayna Jain wrote:
> > Some firmware support secure boot by embedding static keys to verify the
> > Linux kernel during boot. However, these firmware do not expose an
> > interface for the kernel to load firmware keys onto the ".platform"
> > keyring, preventing the kernel from verifying the kexec kernel image
> > signature.
> >
> > This patchset exports load_certificate_list() and defines a new function
> > load_builtin_platform_cert() to load compiled in certificates onto the
> > ".platform" keyring.
> >
> > Changelog:
> > v11:
> > * Added a new patch to conditionally build extract-cert if
> > PLATFORM_KEYRING is enabled.
> >
> > v10:
> > * Fixed the externs warning for Patch 3.
> >
> > v9:
> > * Rebased on Jarkko's repo -
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-tpmdd.git
> >
> > v8:
> > * Includes Jarkko's feedback on patch description and removed Reported-by
> > for Patch 1.
> >
> > v7:
> > * Incldues Jarkko's feedback on patch description for Patch 1 and 3.
> >
> > v6:
> > * Includes Jarkko's feedback:
> > * Split Patch 2 into two.
> > * Update Patch description.
> >
> > v5:
> > * Renamed load_builtin_platform_cert() to load_platform_certificate_list()
> > and config INTEGRITY_PLATFORM_BUILTIN_KEYS to INTEGRITY_PLATFORM_KEYS, as
> > suggested by Mimi Zohar.
> >
> > v4:
> > * Split into two patches as per Mimi Zohar and Dimitri John Ledkov
> > recommendation.
> >
> > v3:
> > * Included Jarkko's feedback
> > ** updated patch description to include approach.
> > ** removed extern for function declaration in the .h file.
> > * Included load_certificate_list() within #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS condition.
> >
> > v2:
> > * Fixed the error reported by kernel test robot
> > * Updated patch description based on Jarkko's feedback.
> >
> > Nayna Jain (4):
> > certs: export load_certificate_list() to be used outside certs/
> > integrity: make integrity_keyring_from_id() non-static
> > certs: conditionally build extract-cert if platform keyring is enabled
> > integrity: support including firmware ".platform" keys at build time
> >
> > certs/Makefile | 9 ++++++--
> > certs/blacklist.c | 1 -
> > certs/common.c | 2 +-
> > certs/common.h | 9 --------
> > certs/system_keyring.c | 1 -
> > include/keys/system_keyring.h | 6 +++++
> > security/integrity/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++
> > security/integrity/Makefile | 15 +++++++++++-
> > security/integrity/digsig.c | 2 +-
> > security/integrity/integrity.h | 9 ++++++++
> > .../integrity/platform_certs/platform_cert.S | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
> > .../platform_certs/platform_keyring.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
> > 12 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > delete mode 100644 certs/common.h
> > create mode 100644 security/integrity/platform_certs/platform_cert.S
> >
> >
> > base-commit: fb5abce6b2bb5cb3d628aaa63fa821da8c4600f9
>
> I tuned tags. Nayna, Mimi is this how it should be:

Either v11 or v12 is fine by me, except Masahiro Yamada requested to
move extract_certs back to the scripts/ directory. v12 moves
extract_certs back, as requested. Also Nageswara Sastry tested both
v11 and v12 versions.

thanks,

Mimi