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Abstracting a Chain of Trust
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============================
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Contents :
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1. [Introduction](#1--introduction)
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2. [Framework design](#2--framework-design)
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3. [Specifying a Chain of Trust](#3--specifying-a-chain-of-trust)
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4. [Implementation example](#4--implementation-example)
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1. Introduction
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----------------
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The aim of this document is to describe the authentication framework implemented
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in the Trusted Firmware. This framework fulfills the following requirements:
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1. It should be possible for a platform port to specify the Chain of Trust in
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terms of certificate hierarchy and the mechanisms used to verify a
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particular image/certificate.
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2. The framework should distinguish between:
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- The mechanism used to encode and transport information, e.g. DER encoded
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X.509v3 certificates to ferry Subject Public Keys, hashes and non-volatile
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counters.
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- The mechanism used to verify the transported information i.e. the
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cryptographic libraries.
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The framework has been designed following a modular approach illustrated in the
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next diagram:
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```
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+---------------+---------------+------------+
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| Trusted | Trusted | Trusted |
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| Firmware | Firmware | Firmware |
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| Generic | IO Framework | Platform |
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| Code i.e. | (IO) | Port |
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| BL1/BL2 (GEN) | | (PP) |
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+---------------+---------------+------------+
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^ ^ ^
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v v v
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+-----------+ +-----------+ +-----------+
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| | | | | Image |
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| Crypto | | Auth | | Parser |
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| Module |<->| Module |<->| Module |
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| (CM) | | (AM) | | (IPM) |
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+-----------+ +-----------+ +-----------+
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^ ^
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v v
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+----------------+ +-----------------+
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| Cryptographic | | Image Parser |
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| Libraries (CL) | | Libraries (IPL) |
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+----------------+ +-----------------+
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v v
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+-----------------+
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| Misc. Libs e.g. |
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| ASN.1 decoder |
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+-----------------+
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DIAGRAM 1.
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```
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This document describes the inner details of the authentication framework and
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the abstraction mechanisms available to specify a Chain of Trust.
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2. Framework design
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--------------------
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This section describes some aspects of the framework design and the rationale
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behind them. These aspects are key to verify a Chain of Trust.
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### 2.1 Chain of Trust
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A CoT is basically a sequence of authentication images which usually starts with
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a root of trust and culminates in a single data image. The following diagram
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illustrates how this maps to a CoT for the BL31 image described in the
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TBBR-Client specification.
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```
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+------------------+ +-------------------+
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| ROTPK/ROTPK Hash |------>| Trusted Key |
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+------------------+ | Certificate |
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| (Auth Image) |
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/+-------------------+
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/ |
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/ |
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L v
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+------------------+ +-------------------+
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| Trusted World |------>| BL31 Key |
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| Public Key | | Certificate |
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+------------------+ | (Auth Image) |
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+-------------------+
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/ |
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/ v
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+------------------+ L +-------------------+
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| BL31 Content |------>| BL31 Content |
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| Certificate PK | | Certificate |
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+------------------+ | (Auth Image) |
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+-------------------+
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/ |
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/ v
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+------------------+ L +-------------------+
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| BL31 Hash |------>| BL31 Image |
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| | | (Data Image) |
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+------------------+ | |
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+-------------------+
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DIAGRAM 2.
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```
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The root of trust is usually a public key (ROTPK) that has been burnt in the
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platform and cannot be modified.
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### 2.2 Image types
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Images in a CoT are categorised as authentication and data images. An
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authentication image contains information to authenticate a data image or
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another authentication image. A data image is usually a boot loader binary, but
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it could be any other data that requires authentication.
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### 2.3 Component responsibilities
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For every image in a Chain of Trust, the following high level operations are
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performed to verify it:
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1. Allocate memory for the image either statically or at runtime.
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2. Identify the image and load it in the allocated memory.
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3. Check the integrity of the image as per its type.
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4. Authenticate the image as per the cryptographic algorithms used.
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5. If the image is an authentication image, extract the information that will
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be used to authenticate the next image in the CoT.
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In Diagram 1, each component is responsible for one or more of these operations.
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The responsibilities are briefly described below.
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#### 2.2.1 TF Generic code and IO framework (GEN/IO)
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These components are responsible for initiating the authentication process for a
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particular image in BL1 or BL2. For each BL image that requires authentication,
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the Generic code asks recursively the Authentication module what is the parent
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image until either an authenticated image or the ROT is reached. Then the
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Generic code calls the IO framewotk to load the image and calls the
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Authentication module to authenticate it, following the CoT from ROT to Image.
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#### 2.2.2 TF Platform Port (PP)
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The platform is responsible for:
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1. Specifying the CoT for each image that needs to be authenticated. Details of
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how a CoT can be specified by the platform are explained later. The platform
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also specifies the authentication methods and the parsing method used for
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each image.
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2. Statically allocating memory for each parameter in each image which is
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used for verifying the CoT, e.g. memory for public keys, hashes etc.
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3. Providing the ROTPK or a hash of it.
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4. Providing additional information to the IPM to enable it to identify and
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extract authentication parameters contained in an image, e.g. if the
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parameters are stored as X509v3 extensions, the corresponding OID must be
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provided.
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5. Fulfill any other memory requirements of the IPM and the CM (not currently
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described in this document).
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6. Export functions to verify an image which uses an authentication method that
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cannot be interpreted by the CM, e.g. if an image has to be verified using a
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NV counter, then the value of the counter to compare with can only be
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provided by the platform.
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7. Export a custom IPM if a proprietary image format is being used (described
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later).
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#### 2.2.3 Authentication Module (AM)
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It is responsible for:
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1. Providing the necessary abstraction mechanisms to describe a CoT. Amongst
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other things, the authentication and image parsing methods must be specified
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by the PP in the CoT.
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2. Verifying the CoT passed by GEN by utilising functionality exported by the
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PP, IPM and CM.
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3. Tracking which images have been verified. In case an image is a part of
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multiple CoTs then it should be verified only once e.g. the Trusted World
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Key Certificate in the TBBR-Client spec. contains information to verify
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SCP_BL2, BL31, BL32 each of which have a separate CoT. (This
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responsibility has not been described in this document but should be
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trivial to implement).
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4. Reusing memory meant for a data image to verify authentication images e.g.
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in the CoT described in Diagram 2, each certificate can be loaded and
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verified in the memory reserved by the platform for the BL31 image. By the
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time BL31 (the data image) is loaded, all information to authenticate it
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will have been extracted from the parent image i.e. BL31 content
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certificate. It is assumed that the size of an authentication image will
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never exceed the size of a data image. It should be possible to verify this
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at build time using asserts.
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#### 2.2.4 Cryptographic Module (CM)
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The CM is responsible for providing an API to:
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1. Verify a digital signature.
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2. Verify a hash.
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The CM does not include any cryptography related code, but it relies on an
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external library to perform the cryptographic operations. A Crypto-Library (CL)
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linking the CM and the external library must be implemented. The following
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functions must be provided by the CL:
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```
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void (*init)(void);
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int (*verify_signature)(void *data_ptr, unsigned int data_len,
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void *sig_ptr, unsigned int sig_len,
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void *sig_alg, unsigned int sig_alg_len,
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void *pk_ptr, unsigned int pk_len);
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int (*verify_hash)(void *data_ptr, unsigned int data_len,
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void *digest_info_ptr, unsigned int digest_info_len);
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```
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These functions are registered in the CM using the macro:
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```
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REGISTER_CRYPTO_LIB(_name, _init, _verify_signature, _verify_hash);
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```
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`_name` must be a string containing the name of the CL. This name is used for
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debugging purposes.
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#### 2.2.5 Image Parser Module (IPM)
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The IPM is responsible for:
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1. Checking the integrity of each image loaded by the IO framework.
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2. Extracting parameters used for authenticating an image based upon a
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description provided by the platform in the CoT descriptor.
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Images may have different formats (for example, authentication images could be
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x509v3 certificates, signed ELF files or any other platform specific format).
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The IPM allows to register an Image Parser Library (IPL) for every image format
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used in the CoT. This library must implement the specific methods to parse the
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image. The IPM obtains the image format from the CoT and calls the right IPL to
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check the image integrity and extract the authentication parameters.
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See Section "Describing the image parsing methods" for more details about the
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mechanism the IPM provides to define and register IPLs.
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### 2.3 Authentication methods
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The AM supports the following authentication methods:
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1. Hash
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2. Digital signature
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The platform may specify these methods in the CoT in case it decides to define
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a custom CoT instead of reusing a predefined one.
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If a data image uses multiple methods, then all the methods must be a part of
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the same CoT. The number and type of parameters are method specific. These
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parameters should be obtained from the parent image using the IPM.
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1. Hash
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Parameters:
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1. A pointer to data to hash
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2. Length of the data
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4. A pointer to the hash
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5. Length of the hash
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The hash will be represented by the DER encoding of the following ASN.1
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type:
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```
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DigestInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
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digestAlgorithm DigestAlgorithmIdentifier,
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digest Digest
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}
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```
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This ASN.1 structure makes it possible to remove any assumption about the
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type of hash algorithm used as this information accompanies the hash. This
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should allow the Cryptography Library (CL) to support multiple hash
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algorithm implementations.
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2. Digital Signature
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Parameters:
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1. A pointer to data to sign
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2. Length of the data
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3. Public Key Algorithm
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4. Public Key value
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5. Digital Signature Algorithm
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6. Digital Signature value
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The Public Key parameters will be represented by the DER encoding of the
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following ASN.1 type:
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```
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SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
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algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier{PUBLIC-KEY,{PublicKeyAlgorithms}},
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subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }
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```
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The Digital Signature Algorithm will be represented by the DER encoding of
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the following ASN.1 types.
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```
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AlgorithmIdentifier {ALGORITHM:IOSet } ::= SEQUENCE {
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algorithm ALGORITHM.&id({IOSet}),
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parameters ALGORITHM.&Type({IOSet}{@algorithm}) OPTIONAL
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}
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```
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The digital signature will be represented by:
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```
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signature ::= BIT STRING
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```
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The authentication framework will use the image descriptor to extract all the
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information related to authentication.
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3. Specifying a Chain of Trust
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-------------------------------
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A CoT can be described as a set of image descriptors linked together in a
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particular order. The order dictates the sequence in which they must be
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verified. Each image has a set of properties which allow the AM to verify it.
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These properties are described below.
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The PP is responsible for defining a single or multiple CoTs for a data image.
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Unless otherwise specified, the data structures described in the following
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sections are populated by the PP statically.
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### 3.1 Describing the image parsing methods
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The parsing method refers to the format of a particular image. For example, an
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authentication image that represents a certificate could be in the X.509v3
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format. A data image that represents a boot loader stage could be in raw binary
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or ELF format. The IPM supports three parsing methods. An image has to use one
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of the three methods described below. An IPL is responsible for interpreting a
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single parsing method. There has to be one IPL for every method used by the
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platform.
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1. Raw format: This format is effectively a nop as an image using this method
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is treated as being in raw binary format e.g. boot loader images used by ARM
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TF. This method should only be used by data images.
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2. X509V3 method: This method uses industry standards like X.509 to represent
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PKI certificates (authentication images). It is expected that open source
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libraries will be available which can be used to parse an image represented
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by this method. Such libraries can be used to write the corresponding IPL
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e.g. the X.509 parsing library code in mbed TLS.
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3. Platform defined method: This method caters for platform specific
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proprietary standards to represent authentication or data images. For
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example, The signature of a data image could be appended to the data image
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raw binary. A header could be prepended to the combined blob to specify the
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extents of each component. The platform will have to implement the
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corresponding IPL to interpret such a format.
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The following enum can be used to define these three methods.
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```
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typedef enum img_type_enum {
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IMG_RAW, /* Binary image */
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IMG_PLAT, /* Platform specific format */
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IMG_CERT, /* X509v3 certificate */
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IMG_MAX_TYPES,
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} img_type_t;
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```
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An IPL must provide functions with the following prototypes:
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```
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void init(void);
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int check_integrity(void *img, unsigned int img_len);
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int get_auth_param(const auth_param_type_desc_t *type_desc,
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void *img, unsigned int img_len,
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void **param, unsigned int *param_len);
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```
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An IPL for each type must be registered using the following macro:
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```
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REGISTER_IMG_PARSER_LIB(_type, _name, _init, _check_int, _get_param)
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```
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* `_type`: one of the types described above.
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* `_name`: a string containing the IPL name for debugging purposes.
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* `_init`: initialization function pointer.
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* `_check_int`: check image integrity function pointer.
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* `_get_param`: extract authentication parameter funcion pointer.
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The `init()` function will be used to initialize the IPL.
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The `check_integrity()` function is passed a pointer to the memory where the
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image has been loaded by the IO framework and the image length. It should ensure
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that the image is in the format corresponding to the parsing method and has not
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been tampered with. For example, RFC-2459 describes a validation sequence for an
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X.509 certificate.
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The `get_auth_param()` function is passed a parameter descriptor containing
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information about the parameter (`type_desc` and `cookie`) to identify and
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extract the data corresponding to that parameter from an image. This data will
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be used to verify either the current or the next image in the CoT sequence.
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Each image in the CoT will specify the parsing method it uses. This information
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will be used by the IPM to find the right parser descriptor for the image.
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### 3.2 Describing the authentication method(s)
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As part of the CoT, each image has to specify one or more authentication methods
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which will be used to verify it. As described in the Section "Authentication
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methods", there are three methods supported by the AM.
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```
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typedef enum {
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AUTH_METHOD_NONE,
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AUTH_METHOD_HASH,
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AUTH_METHOD_SIG,
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AUTH_METHOD_NUM
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} auth_method_type_t;
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```
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The AM defines the type of each parameter used by an authentication method. It
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uses this information to:
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1. Specify to the `get_auth_param()` function exported by the IPM, which
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parameter should be extracted from an image.
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2. Correctly marshall the parameters while calling the verification function
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exported by the CM and PP.
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3. Extract authentication parameters from a parent image in order to verify a
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child image e.g. to verify the certificate image, the public key has to be
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obtained from the parent image.
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```
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typedef enum {
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AUTH_PARAM_NONE,
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AUTH_PARAM_RAW_DATA, /* Raw image data */
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AUTH_PARAM_SIG, /* The image signature */
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AUTH_PARAM_SIG_ALG, /* The image signature algorithm */
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AUTH_PARAM_HASH, /* A hash (including the algorithm) */
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AUTH_PARAM_PUB_KEY, /* A public key */
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} auth_param_type_t;
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```
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The AM defines the following structure to identify an authentication parameter
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required to verify an image.
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```
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typedef struct auth_param_type_desc_s {
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auth_param_type_t type;
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void *cookie;
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} auth_param_type_desc_t;
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```
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`cookie` is used by the platform to specify additional information to the IPM
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which enables it to uniquely identify the parameter that should be extracted
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from an image. For example, the hash of a BL3x image in its corresponding
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content certificate is stored in an X509v3 custom extension field. An extension
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field can only be identified using an OID. In this case, the `cookie` could
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contain the pointer to the OID defined by the platform for the hash extension
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field while the `type` field could be set to `AUTH_PARAM_HASH`. A value of 0 for
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the `cookie` field means that it is not used.
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For each method, the AM defines a structure with the parameters required to
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verify the image.
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```
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/*
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* Parameters for authentication by hash matching
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*/
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typedef struct auth_method_param_hash_s {
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auth_param_type_desc_t *data; /* Data to hash */
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auth_param_type_desc_t *hash; /* Hash to match with */
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} auth_method_param_hash_t;
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/*
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* Parameters for authentication by signature
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*/
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typedef struct auth_method_param_sig_s {
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auth_param_type_desc_t *pk; /* Public key */
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auth_param_type_desc_t *sig; /* Signature to check */
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auth_param_type_desc_t *alg; /* Signature algorithm */
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auth_param_type_desc_t *tbs; /* Data signed */
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} auth_method_param_sig_t;
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```
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The AM defines the following structure to describe an authentication method for
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verifying an image
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```
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/*
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* Authentication method descriptor
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*/
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typedef struct auth_method_desc_s {
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auth_method_type_t type;
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union {
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auth_method_param_hash_t hash;
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auth_method_param_sig_t sig;
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} param;
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} auth_method_desc_t;
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```
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Using the method type specified in the `type` field, the AM finds out what field
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needs to access within the `param` union.
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|
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### 3.3 Storing Authentication parameters
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|
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A parameter described by `auth_param_type_desc_t` to verify an image could be
|
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obtained from either the image itself or its parent image. The memory allocated
|
|
for loading the parent image will be reused for loading the child image. Hence
|
|
parameters which are obtained from the parent for verifying a child image need
|
|
to have memory allocated for them separately where they can be stored. This
|
|
memory must be statically allocated by the platform port.
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|
|
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The AM defines the following structure to store the data corresponding to an
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|
authentication parameter.
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|
|
|
```
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typedef struct auth_param_data_desc_s {
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void *auth_param_ptr;
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unsigned int auth_param_len;
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|
} auth_param_data_desc_t;
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|
```
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|
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The `auth_param_ptr` field is initialized by the platform. The `auth_param_len`
|
|
field is used to specify the length of the data in the memory.
|
|
|
|
For parameters that can be obtained from the child image itself, the IPM is
|
|
responsible for populating the `auth_param_ptr` and `auth_param_len` fields
|
|
while executing the `img_get_auth_param()` function.
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|
|
|
The AM defines the following structure to enable an image to describe the
|
|
parameters that should be extracted from it and used to verify the next image
|
|
(child) in a CoT.
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|
|
|
```
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|
typedef struct auth_param_desc_s {
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|
auth_param_type_desc_t type_desc;
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auth_param_data_desc_t data;
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|
} auth_param_desc_t;
|
|
```
|
|
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|
### 3.4 Describing an image in a CoT
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|
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|
An image in a CoT is a consolidation of the following aspects of a CoT described
|
|
above.
|
|
|
|
1. A unique identifier specified by the platform which allows the IO framework
|
|
to locate the image in a FIP and load it in the memory reserved for the data
|
|
image in the CoT.
|
|
|
|
2. A parsing method which is used by the AM to find the appropriate IPM.
|
|
|
|
3. Authentication methods and their parameters as described in the previous
|
|
section. These are used to verify the current image.
|
|
|
|
4. Parameters which are used to verify the next image in the current CoT. These
|
|
parameters are specified only by authentication images and can be extracted
|
|
from the current image once it has been verified.
|
|
|
|
The following data structure describes an image in a CoT.
|
|
```
|
|
typedef struct auth_img_desc_s {
|
|
unsigned int img_id;
|
|
const struct auth_img_desc_s *parent;
|
|
img_type_t img_type;
|
|
auth_method_desc_t img_auth_methods[AUTH_METHOD_NUM];
|
|
auth_param_desc_t authenticated_data[COT_MAX_VERIFIED_PARAMS];
|
|
} auth_img_desc_t;
|
|
```
|
|
A CoT is defined as an array of `auth_image_desc_t` structures linked together
|
|
by the `parent` field. Those nodes with no parent must be authenticated using
|
|
the ROTPK stored in the platform.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. Implementation example
|
|
--------------------------
|
|
|
|
This section is a detailed guide explaining a trusted boot implementation using
|
|
the authentication framework. This example corresponds to the Applicative
|
|
Functional Mode (AFM) as specified in the TBBR-Client document. It is
|
|
recommended to read this guide along with the source code.
|
|
|
|
### 4.1 The TBBR CoT
|
|
|
|
The CoT can be found in `drivers/auth/tbbr/tbbr_cot.c`. This CoT consists of an
|
|
array of image descriptors and it is registered in the framework using the macro
|
|
`REGISTER_COT(cot_desc)`, where 'cot_desc' must be the name of the array
|
|
(passing a pointer or any other type of indirection will cause the registration
|
|
process to fail).
|
|
|
|
The number of images participating in the boot process depends on the CoT. There
|
|
is, however, a minimum set of images that are mandatory in the Trusted Firmware
|
|
and thus all CoTs must present:
|
|
|
|
* `BL2`
|
|
* `SCP_BL2` (platform specific)
|
|
* `BL31`
|
|
* `BL32` (optional)
|
|
* `BL33`
|
|
|
|
The TBBR specifies the additional certificates that must accompany these images
|
|
for a proper authentication. Details about the TBBR CoT may be found in the
|
|
[Trusted Board Boot] document.
|
|
|
|
Following the [Platform Porting Guide], a platform must provide unique
|
|
identifiers for all the images and certificates that will be loaded during the
|
|
boot process. If a platform is using the TBBR as a reference for trusted boot,
|
|
these identifiers can be obtained from `include/common/tbbr/tbbr_img_def.h`.
|
|
ARM platforms include this file in `include/plat/arm/common/arm_def.h`. Other
|
|
platforms may also include this file or provide their own identifiers.
|
|
|
|
**Important**: the authentication module uses these identifiers to index the
|
|
CoT array, so the descriptors location in the array must match the identifiers.
|
|
|
|
Each image descriptor must specify:
|
|
|
|
* `img_id`: the corresponding image unique identifier defined by the platform.
|
|
* `img_type`: the image parser module uses the image type to call the proper
|
|
parsing library to check the image integrity and extract the required
|
|
authentication parameters. Three types of images are currently supported:
|
|
* `IMG_RAW`: image is a raw binary. No parsing functions are available,
|
|
other than reading the whole image.
|
|
* `IMG_PLAT`: image format is platform specific. The platform may use this
|
|
type for custom images not directly supported by the authentication
|
|
framework.
|
|
* `IMG_CERT`: image is an x509v3 certificate.
|
|
* `parent`: pointer to the parent image descriptor. The parent will contain
|
|
the information required to authenticate the current image. If the parent
|
|
is NULL, the authentication parameters will be obtained from the platform
|
|
(i.e. the BL2 and Trusted Key certificates are signed with the ROT private
|
|
key, whose public part is stored in the platform).
|
|
* `img_auth_methods`: this array defines the authentication methods that must
|
|
be checked to consider an image authenticated. Each method consists of a
|
|
type and a list of parameter descriptors. A parameter descriptor consists of
|
|
a type and a cookie which will point to specific information required to
|
|
extract that parameter from the image (i.e. if the parameter is stored in an
|
|
x509v3 extension, the cookie will point to the extension OID). Depending on
|
|
the method type, a different number of parameters must be specified.
|
|
Supported methods are:
|
|
* `AUTH_METHOD_HASH`: the hash of the image must match the hash extracted
|
|
from the parent image. The following parameter descriptors must be
|
|
specified:
|
|
* `data`: data to be hashed (obtained from current image)
|
|
* `hash`: reference hash (obtained from parent image)
|
|
* `AUTH_METHOD_SIG`: the image (usually a certificate) must be signed with
|
|
the private key whose public part is extracted from the parent image (or
|
|
the platform if the parent is NULL). The following parameter descriptors
|
|
must be specified:
|
|
* `pk`: the public key (obtained from parent image)
|
|
* `sig`: the digital signature (obtained from current image)
|
|
* `alg`: the signature algorithm used (obtained from current image)
|
|
* `data`: the data to be signed (obtained from current image)
|
|
* `authenticated_data`: this array indicates what authentication parameters
|
|
must be extracted from an image once it has been authenticated. Each
|
|
parameter consists of a parameter descriptor and the buffer address/size
|
|
to store the parameter. The CoT is responsible for allocating the required
|
|
memory to store the parameters.
|
|
|
|
In the `tbbr_cot.c` file, a set of buffers are allocated to store the parameters
|
|
extracted from the certificates. In the case of the TBBR CoT, these parameters
|
|
are hashes and public keys. In DER format, an RSA-2048 public key requires 294
|
|
bytes, and a hash requires 51 bytes. Depending on the CoT and the authentication
|
|
process, some of the buffers may be reused at different stages during the boot.
|
|
|
|
Next in that file, the parameter descriptors are defined. These descriptors will
|
|
be used to extract the parameter data from the corresponding image.
|
|
|
|
#### 4.1.1 Example: the BL31 Chain of Trust
|
|
|
|
Four image descriptors form the BL31 Chain of Trust:
|
|
|
|
```
|
|
[TRUSTED_KEY_CERT_ID] = {
|
|
.img_id = TRUSTED_KEY_CERT_ID,
|
|
.img_type = IMG_CERT,
|
|
.parent = NULL,
|
|
.img_auth_methods = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type = AUTH_METHOD_SIG,
|
|
.param.sig = {
|
|
.pk = &subject_pk,
|
|
.sig = &sig,
|
|
.alg = &sig_alg,
|
|
.data = &raw_data,
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
.authenticated_data = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type_desc = &trusted_world_pk,
|
|
.data = {
|
|
.ptr = (void *)trusted_world_pk_buf,
|
|
.len = (unsigned int)PK_DER_LEN
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
[1] = {
|
|
.type_desc = &non_trusted_world_pk,
|
|
.data = {
|
|
.ptr = (void *)non_trusted_world_pk_buf,
|
|
.len = (unsigned int)PK_DER_LEN
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
[SOC_FW_KEY_CERT_ID] = {
|
|
.img_id = SOC_FW_KEY_CERT_ID,
|
|
.img_type = IMG_CERT,
|
|
.parent = &cot_desc[TRUSTED_KEY_CERT_ID],
|
|
.img_auth_methods = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type = AUTH_METHOD_SIG,
|
|
.param.sig = {
|
|
.pk = &trusted_world_pk,
|
|
.sig = &sig,
|
|
.alg = &sig_alg,
|
|
.data = &raw_data,
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
.authenticated_data = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type_desc = &soc_fw_content_pk,
|
|
.data = {
|
|
.ptr = (void *)content_pk_buf,
|
|
.len = (unsigned int)PK_DER_LEN
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
[SOC_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID] = {
|
|
.img_id = SOC_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID,
|
|
.img_type = IMG_CERT,
|
|
.parent = &cot_desc[SOC_FW_KEY_CERT_ID],
|
|
.img_auth_methods = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type = AUTH_METHOD_SIG,
|
|
.param.sig = {
|
|
.pk = &soc_fw_content_pk,
|
|
.sig = &sig,
|
|
.alg = &sig_alg,
|
|
.data = &raw_data,
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
.authenticated_data = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type_desc = &soc_fw_hash,
|
|
.data = {
|
|
.ptr = (void *)soc_fw_hash_buf,
|
|
.len = (unsigned int)HASH_DER_LEN
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
[BL31_IMAGE_ID] = {
|
|
.img_id = BL31_IMAGE_ID,
|
|
.img_type = IMG_RAW,
|
|
.parent = &cot_desc[SOC_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID],
|
|
.img_auth_methods = {
|
|
[0] = {
|
|
.type = AUTH_METHOD_HASH,
|
|
.param.hash = {
|
|
.data = &raw_data,
|
|
.hash = &soc_fw_hash,
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
```
|
|
The **Trusted Key certificate** is signed with the ROT private key and contains
|
|
the Trusted World public key and the Non-Trusted World public key as x509v3
|
|
extensions. This must be specified in the image descriptor using the
|
|
`img_auth_methods` and `authenticated_data` arrays, respectively.
|
|
|
|
The Trusted Key certificate is authenticated by checking its digital signature
|
|
using the ROTPK. Four parameters are required to check a signature: the public
|
|
key, the algorithm, the signature and the data that has been signed. Therefore,
|
|
four parameter descriptors must be specified with the authentication method:
|
|
|
|
* `subject_pk`: parameter descriptor of type `AUTH_PARAM_PUB_KEY`. This type
|
|
is used to extract a public key from the parent image. If the cookie is an
|
|
OID, the key is extracted from the corresponding x509v3 extension. If the
|
|
cookie is NULL, the subject public key is retrieved. In this case, because
|
|
the parent image is NULL, the public key is obtained from the platform
|
|
(this key will be the ROTPK).
|
|
* `sig`: parameter descriptor of type `AUTH_PARAM_SIG`. It is used to extract
|
|
the signature from the certificate.
|
|
* `sig_alg`: parameter descriptor of type `AUTH_PARAM_SIG`. It is used to
|
|
extract the signature algorithm from the certificate.
|
|
* `raw_data`: parameter descriptor of type `AUTH_PARAM_RAW_DATA`. It is used
|
|
to extract the data to be signed from the certificate.
|
|
|
|
Once the signature has been checked and the certificate authenticated, the
|
|
Trusted World public key needs to be extracted from the certificate. A new entry
|
|
is created in the `authenticated_data` array for that purpose. In that entry,
|
|
the corresponding parameter descriptor must be specified along with the buffer
|
|
address to store the parameter value. In this case, the `tz_world_pk` descriptor
|
|
is used to extract the public key from an x509v3 extension with OID
|
|
`TRUSTED_WORLD_PK_OID`. The BL31 key certificate will use this descriptor as
|
|
parameter in the signature authentication method. The key is stored in the
|
|
`plat_tz_world_pk_buf` buffer.
|
|
|
|
The **BL31 Key certificate** is authenticated by checking its digital signature
|
|
using the Trusted World public key obtained previously from the Trusted Key
|
|
certificate. In the image descriptor, we specify a single authentication method
|
|
by signature whose public key is the `tz_world_pk`. Once this certificate has
|
|
been authenticated, we have to extract the BL31 public key, stored in the
|
|
extension specified by `bl31_content_pk`. This key will be copied to the
|
|
`plat_content_pk` buffer.
|
|
|
|
The **BL31 certificate** is authenticated by checking its digital signature
|
|
using the BL31 public key obtained previously from the BL31 Key certificate.
|
|
We specify the authentication method using `bl31_content_pk` as public key.
|
|
After authentication, we need to extract the BL31 hash, stored in the extension
|
|
specified by `bl31_hash`. This hash will be copied to the `plat_bl31_hash_buf`
|
|
buffer.
|
|
|
|
The **BL31 image** is authenticated by calculating its hash and matching it
|
|
with the hash obtained from the BL31 certificate. The image descriptor contains
|
|
a single authentication method by hash. The parameters to the hash method are
|
|
the reference hash, `bl31_hash`, and the data to be hashed. In this case, it is
|
|
the whole image, so we specify `raw_data`.
|
|
|
|
### 4.2 The image parser library
|
|
|
|
The image parser module relies on libraries to check the image integrity and
|
|
extract the authentication parameters. The number and type of parser libraries
|
|
depend on the images used in the CoT. Raw images do not need a library, so
|
|
only an x509v3 library is required for the TBBR CoT.
|
|
|
|
ARM platforms will use an x509v3 library based on mbed TLS. This library may be
|
|
found in `drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_x509_parser.c`. It exports three
|
|
functions:
|
|
|
|
```
|
|
void init(void);
|
|
int check_integrity(void *img, unsigned int img_len);
|
|
int get_auth_param(const auth_param_type_desc_t *type_desc,
|
|
void *img, unsigned int img_len,
|
|
void **param, unsigned int *param_len);
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
The library is registered in the framework using the macro
|
|
`REGISTER_IMG_PARSER_LIB()`. Each time the image parser module needs to access
|
|
an image of type `IMG_CERT`, it will call the corresponding function exported
|
|
in this file.
|
|
|
|
The build system must be updated to include the corresponding library and
|
|
mbed TLS sources. ARM platforms use the `arm_common.mk` file to pull the
|
|
sources.
|
|
|
|
### 4.3 The cryptographic library
|
|
|
|
The cryptographic module relies on a library to perform the required operations,
|
|
i.e. verify a hash or a digital signature. ARM platforms will use a library
|
|
based on mbed TLS, which can be found in
|
|
`drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_crypto.c`. This library is registered in the
|
|
authentication framework using the macro `REGISTER_CRYPTO_LIB()` and exports
|
|
three functions:
|
|
|
|
```
|
|
void init(void);
|
|
int verify_signature(void *data_ptr, unsigned int data_len,
|
|
void *sig_ptr, unsigned int sig_len,
|
|
void *sig_alg, unsigned int sig_alg_len,
|
|
void *pk_ptr, unsigned int pk_len);
|
|
int verify_hash(void *data_ptr, unsigned int data_len,
|
|
void *digest_info_ptr, unsigned int digest_info_len);
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
The key algorithm (rsa, ecdsa) must be specified in the build system using the
|
|
`MBEDTLS_KEY_ALG` variable, so the Makefile can include the corresponding
|
|
sources in the build.
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
_Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved._
|
|
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|
|
|
[Trusted Board Boot]: ./trusted-board-boot.md
|
|
[Platform Porting Guide]: ./porting-guide.md
|