Re: [PATCH v3] KEYS: trusted: allow module init if TPM is inactive or deactivated
From: Tyler Hicks <hidden>
Date: 2019-08-05 17:20:30
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On 2019-08-05 18:44:27, Roberto Sassu wrote:
Commit c78719203fc6 ("KEYS: trusted: allow trusted.ko to initialize w/o a
TPM") allows the trusted module to be loaded even if a TPM is not found, to
avoid module dependency problems.
However, trusted module initialization can still fail if the TPM is
inactive or deactivated. tpm_get_random() returns an error.
This patch removes the call to tpm_get_random() and instead extends the PCR
specified by the user with zeros. The security of this alternative is
equivalent to the previous one, as either option prevents with a PCR update
unsealing and misuse of sealed data by a user space process.
Even if a PCR is extended with zeros, instead of random data, it is still
computationally infeasible to find a value as input for a new PCR extend
operation, to obtain again the PCR value that would allow unsealing.
Fixes: 240730437deb ("KEYS: trusted: explicitly use tpm_chip structure...")
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>The approach changed a fair bit from v2 to v3 so I'll confirm that my Reviewed-by still stands. Also, we have positive test results from an affected user: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203953#c10 Tyler
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Suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> --- security/keys/trusted.c | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)diff --git a/security/keys/trusted.c b/security/keys/trusted.c index 9a94672e7adc..ade699131065 100644 --- a/security/keys/trusted.c +++ b/security/keys/trusted.c@@ -1228,24 +1228,11 @@ static int __init trusted_shash_alloc(void) static int __init init_digests(void) { - u8 digest[TPM_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE]; - int ret; - int i; - - ret = tpm_get_random(chip, digest, TPM_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE); - if (ret < 0) - return ret; - if (ret < TPM_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE) - return -EFAULT; - digests = kcalloc(chip->nr_allocated_banks, sizeof(*digests), GFP_KERNEL); if (!digests) return -ENOMEM; - for (i = 0; i < chip->nr_allocated_banks; i++) - memcpy(digests[i].digest, digest, TPM_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE); - return 0; }-- 2.17.1