[PATCH v2, RESEND 0/3] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms from TPM
From: zohar@linux.ibm.com (Mimi Zohar)
Date: 2018-09-26 14:41:00
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From: zohar@linux.ibm.com (Mimi Zohar)
Date: 2018-09-26 14:41:00
Also in:
linux-integrity, lkml
On Mon, 2018-09-17 at 11:38 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
Resending to maintainer with correct mailing lists in CC. The TPM driver currently relies on the crypto subsystem to determine the digest size of supported TPM algorithms. In the future, TPM vendors might implement new algorithms in their chips, and those algorithms might not be supported by the crypto subsystem. Usually, vendors provide patches for the new hardware, and likely the crypto subsystem will be updated before the new algorithm is introduced. However, old kernels might be updated later, after patches are included in the mainline kernel. This would leave the opportunity for attackers to misuse PCRs, as PCR banks with an unknown algorithm are not extended. This patch set provides a long term solution for this issue. If a TPM algorithm is not known by the crypto subsystem, the TPM driver retrieves the digest size from the TPM with a PCR read. All the PCR banks are extended, even if the algorithm is not yet supported by the crypto subsystem.
Other than checking the digest size before copying the pcrread buffer, the patches look good. ?Please add my Ack on all 3 patches. (New address) Acked-by: Mimi Zohar [off-list ref] Thanks! Mimi