Re: [PATCH RFC 14/20] attestation: Add the base family specification and generated files

From: Jason Gunthorpe

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 14:45:34 EST


On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 11:04:58AM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 03:07:54PM +0100, jgg@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> [..]
>
> >
> >=======
> >
> >device-get:
> > request: {}
> > reply:
> > caps:
> > evidence?:
> > min-challenge-length: uint
> > max-challenge-length: uint
> >
> >Did anyone implement a variable length challenge? That seems a bit
> >strange. There is also a very important crypto warning here that the
>
> Yes. TPM2_Quote accepts variable-length qualifyingData, represented by
> TPM2B_DATA with an explicit length. This varies per request on the same
> TPM:
>
> [1] TPM Library Part 2, section 10.3.3, page 136: TPM2B_DATA.
> https://medias.cdn.trustedcomputinggroup.org/production/Trusted_Platform_Module_2_0_Library_Part_2_Structures_Version_185_pub_c0a962a931.pdf#page=136
>
> [2] Part 3, section 18.4.2, page 158: TPM2_Quote qualifyingData.
> https://medias.cdn.trustedcomputinggroup.org/production/Trusted_Platform_Module_2_0_Library_Part_3_Commands_Version_185_pub_87a5c10230.pdf#page=158
>
> The PSA Attestation API, section 4.4, also requires one implementation to
> support 32-, 48-, and 64-byte challenges:
> https://arm-software.github.io/psa-api/attestation/1.0/api/api.html
>
> FIRME DEN0149 1.0 ALP2, section 8.12, Table 8.23, page 100, likewise
> defines an explicit Platform challenge size parameter in x4[31:0].
> FIRME itself does not mandate the specific 32/48/64-byte set:
> https://documentation-service.arm.com/static/699c3b70b60ef220b14ec14d?token=#page=100

I feel like userspace needs to know the difference between 'any size
between 0 and 100 and 'exactly one of 32, 64, 128' ?

Jason