linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2, RESEND 0/3] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms from TPM

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Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:03:34 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com,
        Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Safford <david.safford@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2, RESEND 0/3] tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown
 algorithms from TPM

On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 10:40 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-09-17 at 11:38 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > Resending to maintainer with correct mailing lists in CC.
> > 
> > The TPM driver currently relies on the crypto subsystem to determine the
> > digest size of supported TPM algorithms. In the future, TPM vendors might
> > implement new algorithms in their chips, and those algorithms might not
> > be supported by the crypto subsystem.
> > 
> > Usually, vendors provide patches for the new hardware, and likely
> > the crypto subsystem will be updated before the new algorithm is
> > introduced. However, old kernels might be updated later, after patches
> > are included in the mainline kernel. This would leave the opportunity
> > for attackers to misuse PCRs, as PCR banks with an unknown algorithm
> > are not extended.
> > 
> > This patch set provides a long term solution for this issue. If a TPM
> > algorithm is not known by the crypto subsystem, the TPM driver retrieves
> > the digest size from the TPM with a PCR read. All the PCR banks are
> > extended, even if the algorithm is not yet supported by the crypto
> > subsystem.
> 
> Other than checking the digest size before copying the pcrread buffer,
> the patches look good.  Please add my Ack on all 3 patches.
> 
> (New address) Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

I've reviewed, and am currently running with these patches.

Even if the IMA changes were in a separate patch, we wouldn't be able
to break up the patch set anyway.  Jarkko, I'd appreciate your
carrying the entire patch set.

Roberto, a similar change needs to be made for tpm_pcr_extend.  Are
you planning on posting those changes as well?

Mimi