systemd-measure can produce multiple signed policies for different
phases. However, a policy for a TPM resource that includes these signed
policies can currently be satisfied by any policy that is signed
with the same key.
It can be desirable to bind a resource's policy to one or more
specific phases. One way to do this could be to sign policies for
different phases or phase combinations with different keys. Another
approach is to limit the scope of signed policies using a policy
reference.
Using a policy reference works because:
- The reference is included along with the approved policy digest in the
digest that is signed.
- The reference argument is included in the authorization policy for a
resource via the TPM2_PolicyAuthorize assertion.
- During execution of the TPM2_PolicyAuthorize assertion, the TPM checks
that the session's current policy digest is the approved policy digest,
computes a digest from the approved policy digest and the supplied policy
reference, and checks that the resulting digest is the one that was
verified by TPM2_VerifySignature (via the returned ticket).
This adds a new --policyref argument to systemd-measure which binds all
of the signed policies to the specified policy reference. I did consider
making this more intelligent by auto-generating policy references for each
phase, but this approach provides the most flexibility for now. By making
use of the existing --append argument, a signer can produce multiple
signed policies with the same key that are bound to any individual phases
or combinations of phases.
The policy reference is a string without the NULL terminator. It is
supplied to the TPM via the TPM2B_NONCE type, which has a maximum size
equivalent to the size of the largest digest supported by the TPM. As
the signer doesn't know the capabilities of the target TPM,
systemd-measure limits the size of the policy reference to 32 bytes, to
fit within the size of a SHA256 digest.
This also includes the corresponding changes to systemd-cryptenroll and
systemd-repart (to add an equivalent --tpm2-public-key-policyref argument
so that the policy can be bound to the desired corresponding phase, and to
ensure that the policy reference is included in the LUKS2 token metadata),
and systemd-cryptsetup (to handle the policy reference stored in the LUKS2
token metadata).
This doesn't include policy reference support for credentials yet
because it requires a change to the credential headers.
Chris Coulson
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