[PATCH v2 7/7] powerpc/pseries: Implement secvars for dynamic secure boot

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Thu Jan 5 19:15:29 AEDT 2023


On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 15:20 +1100, Russell Currey wrote:
> The pseries platform can support dynamic secure boot (i.e. secure
> boot
> using user-defined keys) using variables contained with the PowerVM
> LPAR
> Platform KeyStore (PLPKS).  Using the powerpc secvar API, expose the
> relevant variables for pseries dynamic secure boot through the
> existing
> secvar filesystem layout.
> 
> The relevant variables for dynamic secure boot are signed in the
> keystore, and can only be modified using the H_PKS_SIGNED_UPDATE
> hcall.
> Object labels in the keystore are encoded using ucs2 format.  With
> our
> fixed variable names we don't have to care about encoding outside of
> the
> necessary byte padding.
> 
> When a user writes to a variable, the first 8 bytes of data must
> contain
> the signed update flags as defined by the hypervisor.
> 
> When a user reads a variable, the first 4 bytes of data contain the
> policies defined for the object.
> 
> Limitations exist due to the underlying implementation of sysfs
> binary
> attributes, as is the case for the OPAL secvar implementation -
> partial writes are unsupported and writes cannot be larger than
> PAGE_SIZE.

The PAGE_SIZE limit, in practice, will be a major limitation with 4K
pages (we expect several of the variables to regularly be larger than
4K) but won't be much of an issue for 64K (that's all the storage space
the hypervisor will give you anyway).

In a previous internal version, we printed a message when PAGE_SIZE <
plpks_get_maxobjectsize(), might be worth still doing that?

> 
> Co-developed-by: Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> Co-developed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur at russell.cc>

Some minor comments for v3 on a patch which already carries my
signoff...

> ---
> v2: Remove unnecessary config vars from sysfs and document the
> others,
>     thanks to review from Greg.  If we end up needing to expose more,
> we
>     can add them later and update the docs.
> 
>     Use sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf(), thanks to Greg.
> 
>     Change the size of the sysfs binary attributes to include the 8-
> byte
>     flags header, preventing truncation of large writes.
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar        |  67 ++++-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig        |  13 +
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile       |   4 +-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c | 245
> ++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 326 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> index feebb8c57294..466a8cb92b92 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Description:  An integer representation of the size
> of the content of the
>  
>  What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/data
>  Date:          August 2019
> -Contact:       Nayna Jain h<nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
>  Description:   A read-only file containing the value of the
> variable. The size
>                 of the file represents the maximum size of the
> variable data.
>  
> @@ -44,3 +44,68 @@ Contact:     Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
>  Description:   A write-only file that is used to submit the new
> value for the
>                 variable. The size of the file represents the maximum
> size of
>                 the variable data that can be written.
> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   This optional directory contains read-only config
> attributes as
> +               defined by the secure variable implementation.  All
> data is in
> +               ASCII format. The directory is only created if the
> backing
> +               implementation provides variables to populate it,
> which at
> +               present is only PLPKS on the pseries platform.
> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config/version
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   RO file, only present if the secvar implementation is
> PLPKS.
> +
> +               Contains the config version as reported by the
> hypervisor in
> +               ASCII decimal format.
> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config/max_object_size
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   RO file, only present if the secvar implementation is
> PLPKS.
> +
> +               Contains the maximum allowed size of objects in the
> keystore
> +               in bytes, represented in ASCII decimal format.
> +
> +               This is not necessarily the same as the max size that
> can be
> +               written to an update file as writes can contain more
> than
> +               object data, you should use the size of the update
> file for
> +               that purpose.
> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config/total_size
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   RO file, only present if the secvar implementation is
> PLPKS.
> +
> +               Contains the total size of the PLPKS in bytes,
> represented in
> +               ASCII decimal format.
> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config/used_space
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   RO file, only present if the secvar implementation is
> PLPKS.
> +
> +               Contains the current space consumed of the PLPKS in
> bytes,
> +               represented in ASCII decimal format.

Note that presently, this isn't actually updated when the user writes
objects. I suppose we could fix this.

> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config/supported_policies
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   RO file, only present if the secvar implementation is
> PLPKS.
> +
> +               Contains a bitmask of supported policy flags by the
> hypervisor,
> +               represented as an 8 byte hexadecimal ASCII string. 
> Consult the
> +               hypervisor documentation for what these flags are.
> +
> +What:          /sys/firmware/secvar/config/signed_update_algorithms
> +Date:          December 2022
> +Contact:       Nayna Jain <nayna at linux.ibm.com>
> +Description:   RO file, only present if the secvar implementation is
> PLPKS.
> +
> +               Contains a bitmask of flags indicating which
> algorithms the
> +               hypervisor supports objects to be signed with when
> modifying
> +               secvars, represented as a 16 byte hexadecimal ASCII
> string.
> +               Consult the hypervisor documentation for what these
> flags mean.
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> index a3b4d99567cb..94e08c405d50 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> @@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ config PSERIES_PLPKS
>  
>           If unsure, select N.
>  
> +config PSERIES_PLPKS_SECVAR
> +       depends on PSERIES_PLPKS

PSERIES_PLPKS has no use on its own without the secvar frontend. We
should either just have one option, or for future-proofing purposes
turn this depends into a select and get PSERIES_PLPKS out of
menuconfig.

> +       depends on PPC_SECURE_BOOT

FWIW, starting from a pseries_le_defconfig, turning on all the options
that are required to get to PPC_SECURE_BOOT was annoying. I'd like to
have PSERIES_PLPKS_SECVAR enabled in the defconfig but it involves
switching on quite a lot.

> +       bool "Support for the PLPKS secvar interface"
> +       help
> +         PowerVM can support dynamic secure boot with user-defined
> keys
> +         through the PLPKS. Keystore objects used in dynamic secure
> boot

We should also expand PLPKS to PowerVM LPAR Platform KeyStore.

> +         can be exposed to the kernel and userspace through the
> powerpc
> +         secvar infrastructure. Select this to enable the PLPKS
> backend
> +         for secvars for use in pseries dynamic secure boot.
> +
> +         If unsure, select N.
> +
>  config PAPR_SCM
>         depends on PPC_PSERIES && MEMORY_HOTPLUG && LIBNVDIMM
>         tristate "Support for the PAPR Storage Class Memory
> interface"
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
> index 92310202bdd7..807756991f9d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile
> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PAPR_SCM)                += papr_scm.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_SPLPAR)       += vphn.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_SVM)          += svm.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_FA_DUMP)          += rtas-fadump.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES_PLPKS) += plpks.o
> -
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES_PLPKS)    += plpks.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PSERIES_PLPKS_SECVAR)     += plpks-secvar.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SUSPEND)          += suspend.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_VAS)          += vas.o vas-sysfs.o
>  
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8298f039bef4
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Secure variable implementation using the PowerVM LPAR Platform
> KeyStore (PLPKS)
> + *
> + * Copyright 2022, IBM Corporation

And by the time this gets merged, 2023

> + * Authors: Russell Currey
> + *          Andrew Donnellan
> + *          Nayna Jain
> + */
> +
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "secvar: "fmt
> +
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +#include <linux/kobject.h>
> +#include <asm/secvar.h>
> +#include "plpks.h"
> +
> +// Config attributes for sysfs
> +#define PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(name, fmt, func)                     \
> +       static ssize_t name##_show(struct kobject *kobj,        \
> +                                  struct kobj_attribute *attr, \
> +                                  char *buf)                   \
> +       {                                                       \
> +               return sysfs_emit(buf, fmt, func());            \
> +       }                                                       \
> +       static struct kobj_attribute attr_##name = __ATTR_RO(name)
> +
> +PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(version, "%u\n", plpks_get_version);
> +PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(max_object_size, "%u\n", plpks_get_maxobjectsize);
> +PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(total_size, "%u\n", plpks_get_totalsize);
> +PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(used_space, "%u\n", plpks_get_usedspace);
> +PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(supported_policies, "%08x\n",
> plpks_get_supportedpolicies);
> +PLPKS_CONFIG_ATTR(signed_update_algorithms, "%016llx\n",
> plpks_get_signedupdatealgorithms);
> +
> +static const struct attribute *config_attrs[] = {
> +       &attr_version.attr,
> +       &attr_max_object_size.attr,
> +       &attr_total_size.attr,
> +       &attr_used_space.attr,
> +       &attr_supported_policies.attr,
> +       &attr_signed_update_algorithms.attr,
> +       NULL,
> +};
> +
> +static u16 get_ucs2name(const char *name, uint8_t **ucs2_name)
> +{
> +       int namelen = strlen(name) * 2;
> +       *ucs2_name = kzalloc(namelen, GFP_KERNEL);
> +
> +       if (!*ucs2_name)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; name[i]; i++) {
> +               (*ucs2_name)[i * 2] = name[i];
> +               (*ucs2_name)[i * 2 + 1] = '\0';
> +       }
> +
> +       return namelen;
> +}
> +
> +static u32 get_policy(const char *name)
> +{
> +       if ((strcmp(name, "db") == 0) ||
> +           (strcmp(name, "dbx") == 0) ||
> +           (strcmp(name, "grubdb") == 0) ||
> +           (strcmp(name, "sbat") == 0))
> +               return (WORLDREADABLE | SIGNEDUPDATE);
> +       else
> +               return SIGNEDUPDATE;
> +}
> +
> +#define PLPKS_SECVAR_COUNT 8
> +static char *var_names[PLPKS_SECVAR_COUNT] = {
> +       "PK",
> +       "KEK",
> +       "db",
> +       "dbx",
> +       "grubdb",
> +       "sbat",
> +       "moduledb",
> +       "trustedcadb",
> +};
> +
> +static int plpks_get_variable(const char *key, uint64_t key_len,
> +                             u8 *data, uint64_t *data_size)
> +{
> +       struct plpks_var var = {0};
> +       u16 ucs2_namelen;
> +       u8 *ucs2_name;
> +       int rc = 0;
> +
> +       ucs2_namelen = get_ucs2name(key, &ucs2_name);
> +       if (!ucs2_namelen)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +       var.name = ucs2_name;
> +       var.namelen = ucs2_namelen;
> +       var.os = PLPKS_VAR_LINUX;
> +       rc = plpks_read_os_var(&var);
> +
> +       if (rc)
> +               goto err;
> +
> +       *data_size = var.datalen + sizeof(var.policy);
> +
> +       // We can be called with data = NULL to just get the object
> size.
> +       if (data) {
> +               memcpy(data, &var.policy, sizeof(var.policy));
> +               memcpy(data + sizeof(var.policy), var.data,
> var.datalen);
> +       }
> +
> +       kfree(var.data);
> +err:
> +       kfree(ucs2_name);
> +       return rc;
> +}
> +
> +static int plpks_set_variable(const char *key, uint64_t key_len,
> +                             u8 *data, uint64_t data_size)
> +{
> +       struct plpks_var var = {0};
> +       u16 ucs2_namelen;
> +       u8 *ucs2_name;
> +       int rc = 0;
> +       u64 flags;
> +
> +       // Secure variables need to be prefixed with 8 bytes of
> flags.
> +       // We only want to perform the write if we have at least one
> byte of data.
> +       if (data_size <= sizeof(flags))
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       ucs2_namelen = get_ucs2name(key, &ucs2_name);
> +       if (!ucs2_namelen)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +       memcpy(&flags, data, sizeof(flags));
> +
> +       var.datalen = data_size - sizeof(flags);
> +       var.data = kzalloc(var.datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!var.data) {
> +               rc = -ENOMEM;
> +               goto err;
> +       }
> +
> +       memcpy(var.data, data + sizeof(flags), var.datalen);
> +
> +       var.name = ucs2_name;
> +       var.namelen = ucs2_namelen;
> +       var.os = PLPKS_VAR_LINUX;
> +       var.policy = get_policy(key);
> +
> +       rc = plpks_signed_update_var(var, flags);
> +
> +       kfree(var.data);
> +err:
> +       kfree(ucs2_name);
> +       return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * get_next() in the secvar API is designed for the OPAL API.
> + * If *key is 0, it returns the first variable in the keystore.
> + * Otherwise, you pass the name of a key and it returns next in
> line.
> + *
> + * We're going to cheat here - since we have fixed keys and don't
> care about
> + * key_len, we can just use it as an index.

This is kinda gross.

> + */

Inconsistent comment style

> +static int plpks_get_next_variable(const char *key, uint64_t
> *key_len, uint64_t keybufsize)
> +{
> +       if (!key || !key_len)
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       if (*key_len >= PLPKS_SECVAR_COUNT)
> +               return -ENOENT;
> +
> +       if (strscpy((char *)key, var_names[(*key_len)++], keybufsize)
> < 0)

Not sure how I feel about the increment being buried in here

> +               return -E2BIG;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +// PLPKS dynamic secure boot doesn't give us a format string in the
> same way OPAL does.
> +// Instead, report the format using the SB_VERSION variable in the
> keystore.
> +static ssize_t plpks_secvar_format(char *buf)
> +{
> +       struct plpks_var var = {0};
> +       ssize_t ret;
> +
> +       var.component = NULL;
> +       // Only the signed variables have ucs2-encoded names, this
> one doesn't
> +       var.name = "SB_VERSION";
> +       var.namelen = 10;
> +       var.datalen = 0;
> +       var.data = NULL;
> +
> +       // Unlike the other vars, SB_VERSION is owned by firmware
> instead of the OS
> +       ret = plpks_read_fw_var(&var);
> +       if (ret) {
> +               if (ret == -ENOENT)
> +                       return sysfs_emit(buf, "ibm,plpks-sb-
> unknown\n");
> +
> +               pr_err("Error %ld reading SB_VERSION from
> firmware\n", ret);
> +               return ret;
> +       }
> +
> +       // Hypervisor defines SB_VERSION as a "1 byte unsigned
> integer value"
> +       ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "ibm,plpks-sb-%hhu\n", var.data[0]);
> +
> +       kfree(var.data);
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int plpks_max_size(uint64_t *max_size)
> +{
> +       // The max object size reported by the hypervisor is accurate
> for the
> +       // object itself, but we use the first 8 bytes of data on
> write as the
> +       // signed update flags, so the max size a user can write is
> larger.
> +       *max_size = (uint64_t)plpks_get_maxobjectsize() + 8;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static const struct secvar_operations plpks_secvar_ops = {
> +       .get = plpks_get_variable,
> +       .get_next = plpks_get_next_variable,
> +       .set = plpks_set_variable,
> +       .format = plpks_secvar_format,
> +       .max_size = plpks_max_size,
> +};
> +
> +static int plpks_secvar_init(void)
> +{
> +       if (!plpks_is_available())
> +               return -ENODEV;
> +
> +       set_secvar_ops(&plpks_secvar_ops);
> +       set_secvar_config_attrs(config_attrs);
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +device_initcall(plpks_secvar_init);

-- 
Andrew Donnellan    OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd at linux.ibm.com   IBM Australia Limited


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