Re: [PATCH V3] efi/tpm: Fix the issue where the CC platforms event log header can't be correctly identified

From: James Bottomley
Date: Fri Jul 11 2025 - 08:32:14 EST


On Fri, 2025-07-11 at 09:23 +0800, Ge Yang wrote:
> 在 2025/7/11 5:58, James Bottomley 写道:
[...]
> > I think someone has misread the spec.  EV_NO_ACTION events produce
> > no PCR extension.  So the PCR value zero is conventional (and
> > required by the TCG) since nothing gets logged.  Therefore even if
> > you're technically using PCR0 for something else EV_NO_ACTION
> > events should still have the conventional PCR = 0 value to conform
> > to the TCG spec. I assume it's too late to correct this in the
> > implementation?
> >
>
> According to Table 14 in Section 10.4.1 of the TCG PC Client
> Specification, for EV_NO_ACTION events, the PCR (Platform
> Configuration Register) value can be 0 or other values, such as 6.
>
> Link:
> https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/TCG_PCClient_PFP_r1p05_v23_pub.pdf

You're selectively quoting one part of the spec out of context.
Section 10.4.5 (which is the normative one about EV_NO_ACTION events)
says:

1. All EV_NO_ACTION events SHALL set TCG_PCR_EVENT2.pcrIndex = 0,
unless otherwise specified.

And the only update to this is in 10.4.5.4 where it says a vendor
specific EV_NO_ACTION event may set pcrIndex to 6. Since the log
header is not vendor specific, it must have pcr = 0.

Regards,

James