[PATCH v2] sign-file: Add -D "digest mode"

From: Fam Zheng
Date: Fri Oct 04 2024 - 12:22:11 EST


This allows the command to sign by a binary digest file, instead of the
original ko file.

Combined with the -p (save_sig), we can now split module building (e.g.
dkms) and module signing into different steps and environments, while
_not_ requiring copying the whole module file back and forth.

Example usage:

1. On host side:
mod=ip6_gre.ko
openssl dgst -binary -sha256 $mod > $mod.digest

2. Send $mod.digest over to a signing service

3. On the server side, sign the digest using new mode:

./sign-file -dpD sha256 private_key.pem cert.pem $mod.digest

4. Server returns the signature (it will be named $mod.digest.p7s) in
binary

5. Client uses the returned signature to sign the ko locally:

./sign-file -s signature sha256 cert.pem $mod

Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <fam.zheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

v2: Guard the call to CMS_final_digest with #ifdef
---
scripts/sign-file.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/sign-file.c b/scripts/sign-file.c
index 7070245edfc1..edbee3d9162e 100644
--- a/scripts/sign-file.c
+++ b/scripts/sign-file.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
defined(OPENSSL_NO_CMS)
#define USE_PKCS7
#endif
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER > 0x30200000L
+#define HAS_CMS_final_digest 1
+#endif
#ifndef USE_PKCS7
#include <openssl/cms.h>
#else
@@ -80,9 +83,9 @@ static __attribute__((noreturn))
void format(void)
{
fprintf(stderr,
- "Usage: scripts/sign-file [-dp] <hash algo> <key> <x509> <module> [<dest>]\n");
+ "Usage: scripts/sign-file [-dpD] <hash algo> <key> <x509> <file> [<dest>]\n");
fprintf(stderr,
- " scripts/sign-file -s <raw sig> <hash algo> <x509> <module> [<dest>]\n");
+ " scripts/sign-file -s <raw sig> <hash algo> <x509> <file> [<dest>]\n");
exit(2);
}

@@ -229,6 +232,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
unsigned char buf[4096];
unsigned long module_size, sig_size;
unsigned int use_signed_attrs;
+ bool digest_mode = false;
+#ifdef HAS_CMS_final_digest
+ unsigned char digest_bin[4096];
+ long digest_len;
+#endif
const EVP_MD *digest_algo;
EVP_PKEY *private_key;
#ifndef USE_PKCS7
@@ -253,11 +261,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
#endif

do {
- opt = getopt(argc, argv, "sdpk");
+ opt = getopt(argc, argv, "sdpkD");
switch (opt) {
case 's': raw_sig = true; break;
case 'p': save_sig = true; break;
case 'd': sign_only = true; save_sig = true; break;
+ case 'D':
+#ifdef HAS_CMS_final_digest
+ digest_mode = true;
+ break;
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, "digest signing is not supported by the openssl version in use\n");
+ exit(3);
+ break;
+#endif
#ifndef USE_PKCS7
case 'k': use_keyid = CMS_USE_KEYID; break;
#endif
@@ -301,6 +318,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
bm = BIO_new_file(module_name, "rb");
ERR(!bm, "%s", module_name);

+#ifdef HAS_CMS_final_digest
+ if (digest_mode) {
+ digest_len = BIO_read(bm, digest_bin, sizeof(digest_bin));
+ if (digest_len >= sizeof(digest_bin)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "sign-file: Digest file too large (max %ld)\n", sizeof(digest_bin));
+ exit(3);
+ }
+ ERR(BIO_reset(bm) < 0, "%s", module_name);
+ }
+#endif
+
if (!raw_sig) {
/* Read the private key and the X.509 cert the PKCS#7 message
* will point to.
@@ -324,10 +352,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
ERR(!CMS_add1_signer(cms, x509, private_key, digest_algo,
CMS_NOCERTS | CMS_BINARY |
CMS_NOSMIMECAP | use_keyid |
+ (digest_mode ? CMS_KEY_PARAM : 0) |
use_signed_attrs),
"CMS_add1_signer");
- ERR(CMS_final(cms, bm, NULL, CMS_NOCERTS | CMS_BINARY) != 1,
- "CMS_final");
+ if (digest_mode) {
+#if HAS_CMS_final_digest
+ ERR(CMS_final_digest(cms, digest_bin, digest_len, NULL, CMS_NOCERTS | CMS_BINARY) != 1,
+ "CMS_final_digest");
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, "digest mode is not supported by the openssl library\n");
+ exit(3);
+#endif
+ } else
+ ERR(CMS_final(cms, bm, NULL, CMS_NOCERTS | CMS_BINARY) != 1,
+ "CMS_final");

#else
pkcs7 = PKCS7_sign(x509, private_key, NULL, bm,
--
2.20.1