[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 3/3] sunxi: README.sunxi64: Document verified-boot for a64

Maxime Ripard maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com
Mon Nov 13 09:15:33 UTC 2017


Hi,

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:21:10PM +0530, Jagan Teki wrote:
> Add verified-boot documentation for sunxi a64 platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>
> ---
> Changes for v2:
> - New patch
> 
>  board/sunxi/README.sunxi64 | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 177 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/board/sunxi/README.sunxi64 b/board/sunxi/README.sunxi64
> index c492f74..5a2fe69 100644
> --- a/board/sunxi/README.sunxi64
> +++ b/board/sunxi/README.sunxi64
> @@ -160,6 +160,183 @@ Then write this image to a microSD card, replacing /dev/sdx with the right
>  device file (see above):
>  $ dd if=firmware.img of=/dev/sdx bs=8k seek=1
>  
> +Verified Boot
> +=============
> +
> +U-Boot supports an image verification method called "Verified Boot".
> +This is a brief tutorial to utilize this feature for the Sunxi A64 platform.
> +You will find details documents in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
> +
> +Here, we take Orangepi Win board for example, but it should work for any
> +other boards including 32 bit SoCs.

It should be in another file then I guess?

> +1. Generate RSA key to sign
> +
> +  $ mkdir keys
> +  $ openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out keys/dev.key \
> +    -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_pubexp:65537
> +  $ openssl req -batch -new -x509 -key keys/dev.key -out keys/dev.crt
> +
> +Two files "dev.key" and "dev.crt" will be created.  The base name is arbitrary,
> +but need to match to the "key-name-hint" property described below.
> +
> +2. FIT Input
> +
> +---------------------------------------->8----------------------------------------
> +/dts-v1/;
> +/ {
> +	description = "FIT image with single Linux kernel, FDT blob";
> +	#address-cells = <1>;
> +
> +	images {
> +		kernel at 0 {
> +			description = "ARM64 Linux kernel";
> +			data = /incbin/("/path/to/linux/dir/arch/arm64/boot/Image.gz");
> +			type = "kernel";
> +			arch = "arm64";
> +			os = "linux";
> +			compression = "gzip";
> +			load = <0x50080000>;
> +			entry = <0x50080000>;
> +			hash at 1 {
> +				algo = "sha256";
> +			};
> +		};
> +
> +		fdt at 0 {
> +			description = "Orangepi Win/Win+ Devicetree blob";
> +			data = /incbin/("/path/to/linux/dir/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64-orangepi-win.dtb");
> +			type = "flat_dt";
> +			arch = "arm64";
> +			compression = "none";
> +			hash at 1 {
> +				algo = "sha256";
> +			};
> +		};
> +	};
> +
> +	configurations {
> +		default = "conf at 0";
> +
> +		conf at 0 {
> +			description = "Boot Linux kernel, FDT blob";
> +			kernel = "kernel at 0";
> +			fdt = "fdt at 0";
> +			signature at 0 {
> +				algo = "sha256,rsa2048";
> +				key-name-hint = "dev";
> +				sign-images = "kernel", "fdt";
> +			};
> +		};
> +	};
> +};
> +---------------------------------------->8----------------------------------------
> +
> +You need to change the two '/incbin/' lines, depending on the location of
> +your kernel image and devicetree blob.  The "load" and "entry" properties also
> +need to be adjusted if you want to change the physical placement of the kernel.
> +
> +The "key-name-hint" must specify the key name you have created in the step 1.
> +
> +The FIT file name is arbitrary.  Let's say you saved it into "fit.its".
> +
> +3. Compile U-Boot with FIT and signature enabled
> +
> +To use the Verified Boot, you need to enable the following two options:
> +  CONFIG_FIT
> +  CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE
> +
> +  $ make orangepi_win_defconfig
> +  $ make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
> +
> +4. FIT Output
> +
> +After building U-Boot, you will see tools/mkimage.  With this tool, you can
> +create an image tree blob as follows:
> +
> +  $ tools/mkimage -f fit.its -k keys -K dts/dt.dtb -r -F fitImage
> +
> +The -k option must specify the key directory you have created in step 1.
> +
> +A file "fitImage" will be created.  This includes kernel, DTB,
> +hash data for each of the three, and signature data.
> +
> +The public key needed for the run-time verification is stored in "dts/dt.dtb".
> +
> +5. Compile Verified U-Boot
> +
> +Since the "dt.dtb" has been updated in step 4, you need to re-compile the
> +U-Boot.
> +
> +  $ make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
> +
> +The re-compiled "u-boot.bin" is appended with DTB that contains the public key.
> +
> +6. Flash the image
> +
> +Flash the "fitImage" to a storage device (SD, NAND, eMMC, or whatever) on your
> +board.
> +
> +7. Boot verified kernel
> +
> +Load the fitImage to memory and run the following from the U-Boot command line.
> +
> +  > bootm <addr>
> +
> +Here, <addr> is the base address of the fitImage.
> +
> +If it is successful, you will see messages like follows:
> +
> +---------------------------------------->8----------------------------------------
> +=> setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait
> +=> ext4load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr_r /boot/fitImage
> +16321738 bytes read in 1049 ms (14.8 MiB/s)
> +=> bootm $kernel_addr_r
> +## Loading kernel from FIT Image at 40080000 ...
> +   Using 'conf at 0' configuration
> +   Verifying Hash Integrity ... OK
> +   Trying 'kernel at 0' kernel subimage
> +     Description:  ARM64 Linux kernel
> +     Type:         Kernel Image
> +     Compression:  gzip compressed
> +     Data Start:   0x400800e4
> +     Data Size:    6884659 Bytes = 6.6 MiB
> +     Architecture: AArch64
> +     OS:           Linux
> +     Load Address: 0x50080000
> +     Entry Point:  0x50080000
> +     Hash algo:    sha256
> +     Hash value:   6808fe51ea3c15f31c4510d2701d4707b56d20213c9da05bce79fb53bf108f1a
> +   Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256+ OK
> +## Loading fdt from FIT Image at 40080000 ...
> +   Using 'conf at 0' configuration
> +   Trying 'fdt at 0' fdt subimage
> +     Description:  Orangepi Win/Win+ Devicetree blob
> +     Type:         Flat Device Tree
> +     Compression:  uncompressed
> +     Data Start:   0x40710f24
> +     Data Size:    9032 Bytes = 8.8 KiB
> +     Architecture: AArch64
> +     Hash algo:    sha256
> +     Hash value:   ca3d874cd10466633ff133cc0156828d48c8efb96987fa45f885761d22a25dc1
> +   Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256+ OK
> +   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x40710f24
> +   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
> +   Loading Device Tree to 0000000049ffa000, end 0000000049fff347 ... OK
> +
> +Starting kernel ...
> +---------------------------------------->8----------------------------------------
> +
> +Please pay attention to the lines that start with "Verifying Hash Integrity".
> +
> +"Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256,rsa2048:dev+ OK" means the signature check
> +passed.
> +
> +"Verifying Hash Integrity ... sha256+ OK" (2 times) means the hash check passed
> +for kernel and DTB.
> +
> +If they are not displayed, the Verified Boot is not working.

One thing that we should make *really* clear is that it will sign only
the kernel and device trees, but it's far from sufficient to implement
a full fledged secure boot, and you shouldn't consider your device
protected. At least the signature of the SPL and the U-Boot binary are
missing to implement something that would have a chance to qualify.

Maxime

-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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