linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc/secvar: Expose secvars relevant to the key management mode

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Message-ID: <f098b278-e3a9-4434-ac0b-9bdb1bdf5855@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:22:02 -0400
From: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: maddy@...ux.ibm.com, mpe@...erman.id.au, npiggin@...il.com,
        christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, naveen@...nel.org, ajd@...ux.ibm.com,
        zohar@...ux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc/secvar: Expose secvars relevant to the key
 management mode


On 4/30/25 5:03 AM, Srish Srinivasan wrote:
> The PLPKS enabled PowerVM LPAR sysfs exposes all of the secure boot
> secvars irrespective of the key management mode.
>
> The PowerVM LPAR supports static and dynamic key management for secure
> boot. The key management option can be updated in the management
> console. Only in the dynamic key mode can the user modify the secure
> boot secvars db, dbx, grubdb, grubdbx, and sbat, which are exposed via
> the sysfs interface. But the sysfs interface exposes these secvars even
> in the static key mode. This could lead to errors when reading them or
> writing to them in the static key mode.
>
> Expose only PK, trustedcadb, and moduledb in the static key mode to
> enable loading of signed third-party kernel modules.

Reviewed-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks & Regards,
    - Nayna

>
> Co-developed-by: Souradeep <soura@...p.linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Souradeep <soura@...p.linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar        |  9 ++++--
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> index 857cf12b0904..2bdc7d9c0c10 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-secvar
> @@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ Description:	A string indicating which backend is in use by the firmware.
>   		and is expected to be "ibm,edk2-compat-v1".
>   
>   		On pseries/PLPKS, this is generated by the kernel based on the
> -		version number in the SB_VERSION variable in the keystore, and
> -		has the form "ibm,plpks-sb-v<version>", or
> -		"ibm,plpks-sb-unknown" if there is no SB_VERSION variable.
> +		existence of the SB_VERSION property in firmware. This string
> +		takes the form "ibm,plpks-sb-v1" in the presence of SB_VERSION,
> +		indicating the key management mode is dynamic. Otherwise it
> +		takes the form "ibm,plpks-sb-v0" in the static key management
> +		mode. Only secvars relevant to the key management mode are
> +		exposed.
>   
>   What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable name>
>   Date:		August 2019
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> index d57067a733ab..cbcb2c356f2a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks-secvar.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ static u32 get_policy(const char *name)
>   		return PLPKS_SIGNEDUPDATE;
>   }
>   
> -static const char * const plpks_var_names[] = {
> +static const char * const plpks_var_names_static[] = {
> +	"PK",
> +	"moduledb",
> +	"trustedcadb",
> +	NULL,
> +};
> +
> +static const char * const plpks_var_names_dynamic[] = {
>   	"PK",
>   	"KEK",
>   	"db",
> @@ -207,21 +214,34 @@ static int plpks_max_size(u64 *max_size)
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> +static const struct secvar_operations plpks_secvar_ops_static = {
> +	.get = plpks_get_variable,
> +	.set = plpks_set_variable,
> +	.format = plpks_secvar_format,
> +	.max_size = plpks_max_size,
> +	.config_attrs = config_attrs,
> +	.var_names = plpks_var_names_static,
> +};
>   
> -static const struct secvar_operations plpks_secvar_ops = {
> +static const struct secvar_operations plpks_secvar_ops_dynamic = {
>   	.get = plpks_get_variable,
>   	.set = plpks_set_variable,
>   	.format = plpks_secvar_format,
>   	.max_size = plpks_max_size,
>   	.config_attrs = config_attrs,
> -	.var_names = plpks_var_names,
> +	.var_names = plpks_var_names_dynamic,
>   };
>   
>   static int plpks_secvar_init(void)
>   {
> +	u8 mode;
> +
>   	if (!plpks_is_available())
>   		return -ENODEV;
>   
> -	return set_secvar_ops(&plpks_secvar_ops);
> +	mode = plpks_get_sb_keymgmt_mode();
> +	if (mode)
> +		return set_secvar_ops(&plpks_secvar_ops_dynamic);
> +	return set_secvar_ops(&plpks_secvar_ops_static);
>   }
>   machine_device_initcall(pseries, plpks_secvar_init);