Le mar. 4 juin 2019 à 17:27, Tom Rini <[email protected]> a écrit :

> On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 10:21:54AM -0400, Francois Ozog wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 10:00, Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 15:55, Francois Ozog <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 09:49, Ard Biesheuvel <
> [email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 15:44, Francois Ozog <[email protected]
> >
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hi Ard,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 13:35, Ard Biesheuvel <
> [email protected]>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 19:25, Ilias Apalodimas
> > >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> > Hi Grant,
> > >>>>> > > I see two ways to handle this that fits with the Secure Boot
> > >>>>> > > authentication path:
> > >>>>> > >
> > >>>>> > > Option 1: Leave it to the OS loader
> > >>>>> > > We could simply say that if the OS wants to replace the DTB,
> then
> > >>>>> it
> > >>>>> > > should take care of authentication itself within the OS loader
> > >>>>> (possibly
> > >>>>> > > the in-kernel UEFI stub) and install a replacement DTB in the
> > >>>>> > > configuration table before calling exit boot services. In this
> > >>>>> scenario,
> > >>>>> > > U-Boot doesn't authenticate the DTB at all.
> > >>>>> > >
> > >>>>> > > In fact, Option 1 is pretty close to what is required for the
> > >>>>> initrd.
> > >>>>> > >
> > >>>>> > > I wonder if it is possible to wrap the DTB with a PE/COFF so
> that
> > >>>>> the os
> > >>>>> > > loader can use load_image to authenticate and retrieve the data
> > >>>>> without
> > >>>>> > > actually executing the image. That would allow for the DTB &
> > >>>>> initrd to
> > >>>>> > > be authenticated in the same way as the kernel.
> > >>>>> > I asked around on this prior to the email, but i think it boils
> down
> > >>>>> to
> > >>>>> > "UEFI is intended to authenticate bootable images for the
> platform",
> > >>>>> so i doubt
> > >>>>> > this will be allowed.
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The point I raised when we discussed this is that UEFI is an
> interface
> > >>>>> between the firmware and the OS, and it is up to the firmware to
> > >>>>> *provide* the DT not the other way around.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Whether the firmware reuses some of the existing machinery if it
> > >>>>> chooses to load the DT it provides from an arbitrary file on the
> file
> > >>>>> system is an implementation detail, and shouldn't be part of how we
> > >>>>> design the interface. The more we standardize this and the more we
> > >>>>> make it similar to how the OS loader is authenticated, the more
> likely
> > >>>>> it becomes that it will be relied upon for DTs that are bundled
> with
> > >>>>> the OS, which is a practice we are trying very hard to move away
> from.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have the impression that OS provided DT is a bad solution to a
> real
> > >>>> problem:
> > >>>> There should be a Firmware hardware environment (what to initialize,
> > >>>> use...) and a OS hardware environment.
> > >>>> Both should be signed, and controlled by the firmware.
> > >>>> So I would try to find a way to supply firmware with two DTs, or
> more
> > >>>> likely one DT and one OS overlay (if overlays can remove some
> hardware).
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> If the OS provides a DT to itself, what is the point of pretending
> that
> > >>> it has been authenticated to the firmware?
> > >>>
> > >> Agreed, that is stupid! I mispresented my idea: I talk about two DTs
> > >> controlled by hardware/Firmware provider. OS shall be a consumer only.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > But my point remains the same. If we are accommodating a model where
> the
> > > DT is shipped with the OS, the OS can deal with authenticating the DTB
> > > files. If the firmware provides the DT, it is a firmware implementation
> > > detail how and where it keeps the DTB files internally, as long as it
> uses
> > > the official way (i.e., via a UEFI config table) to expose the DT to
> the OS.
> > >
> > > Rolling all of this into secure boot support (which deals with
> > > authenticating OS components/loaders to the firmware) is something we
> > > should avoid.
> > >
> > Agreed. There is no such a thing as an OS provided ACPI table.... yet we
> > allow that for DT... strange isn't it?
>
> I think we're getting a bit side tracked.  And, depending on what you
> want to call people having to fixup and recompile DSDT to fix issues...
> :)
>
> The Linux Kernel happens to be the (generally) authoritative source of
> DT files, rather than the hardware manufacturer.
>
To me it looks like walking on the head. I don’t see any OS providing an
ACPI table. I think I understand why it happened. But to me it looks like a
wrong solution to a real use case: firmware hardware execution
environnement is different (probably smaller) than os execution environment.
I think this is more about EBBR and it’s compliance. What shall be the
right policy ? And then we refine EBBR.

>
> > So as a reference platform we can say that an OS provided DT is NOT part
> of
> > the picture. Yet if a vendor still wants to do it, it will be able to. We
> > just don't care.
> >
> > Now, in the context of standard OTA across SoCs, what shall be
> standardized
> > to support the two DTs (for firmware execution and for OS execution). Are
> > we considering UBoot firmware as a "blob" that embeds those two DTs?
> Might
> > be good enough.
>
> The common case is NOT going to be that the DT is provided embedded
> within the hardware, please keep that in mind.
>
EBBR says: “Similarly, devices retained by firmware (i.e., not discoverable
by the OS) shall not be accessed by the OS.” so an OS provided DT is a
recipe for failure.

>
> --
> Tom
>
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