[U-Boot] [PATCH] rpi3: Enable verified boot from FIT image
Matthias Brugger
matthias.bgg at gmail.com
Fri Sep 6 10:05:29 UTC 2019
On 03/09/2019 09:12, Jun Nie wrote:
> Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> 于2019年9月2日周一 下午7:19写道:
>>
>> On 9/2/19 12:30 PM, Matthias Brugger wrote:
>>> +Alex, Lukas, Heinrich, Bin and Simon
>>>
>>> On 31/07/2019 10:16, Jun Nie wrote:
>>>> Matthias Brugger <mbrugger at suse.com> 于2019年7月31日周三 下午4:05写道:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/07/2019 05:55, Jun Nie wrote:
>>>>>> Enable verified boot from FIT image with select configs
>>>>>> and specify boot script image node in FIT image, the FIT
>>>>>> image is verified before it is run.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Code that reusing dtb in firmware is disabled, so that
>>>>>> the dtb with pubic key packed in u-boot.bin can be used
>>>>>> to verify the signature of next stage FIT image.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jun Nie <jun.nie at linaro.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c | 6 ++++++
>>>>>> include/configs/rpi.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>>>>>> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
>>>>>> index 617c892..950ee84 100644
>>>>>> --- a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
>>>>>> +++ b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
>>>>>> @@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static void set_fdtfile(void)
>>>>>> env_set("fdtfile", fdtfile);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +#ifndef CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> * If the firmware provided a valid FDT at boot time, let's expose it in
>>>>>> * ${fdt_addr} so it may be passed unmodified to the kernel.
>>>>>> @@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ static void set_fdt_addr(void)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> env_set_hex("fdt_addr", fw_dtb_pointer);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> * Prevent relocation from stomping on a firmware provided FDT blob.
>>>>>> @@ -393,7 +395,9 @@ static void set_serial_number(void)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int misc_init_r(void)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> +#ifndef CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE
>>>>>> set_fdt_addr();
>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>> set_fdtfile();
>>>>>> set_usbethaddr();
>>>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
>>>>>> @@ -470,6 +474,7 @@ int board_init(void)
>>>>>> return bcm2835_power_on_module(BCM2835_MBOX_POWER_DEVID_USB_HCD);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +#ifndef CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> * If the firmware passed a device tree use it for U-Boot.
>>>>>> */
>>>>>> @@ -479,6 +484,7 @@ void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
>>>>>> return NULL;
>>>>>> return (void *)fw_dtb_pointer;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to get this clear we need this because we want to pass the device tree via
>>>>> OF_SEPARATE, correct?
>>>>
>>>> You are right. U-boot need to read he signature from dtb.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/configs/rpi.h b/include/configs/rpi.h
>>>>>> index f76c7d1..ba91205 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/configs/rpi.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/configs/rpi.h
>>>>>> @@ -180,11 +180,24 @@
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE
>>>>>> +#define FIT_BOOT_CMD \
>>>>>> + "boot_a_script=" \
>>>>>> + "load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} " \
>>>>>> + "${scriptaddr} ${prefix}${script}; " \
>>>>>> + "iminfo ${scriptaddr};" \
>>>>>> + "if test $? -eq 1; then reset; fi;" \
>>>>>> + "source ${scriptaddr}:bootscr\0"
>>>>>> +#else
>>>>>> +#define FIT_BOOT_CMD ""
>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>> +
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't this overwrite the boot_a_script in distro_bootcmd?
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it make sense to add FIT booting to the distro boot command?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Matthias
>>>>
>>>> Yes, it overwrite the boot_a_script in distro_bootcmd. It is make
>>>> sense to add this to the distro boot command. I can send another patch
>>>> to move these lines to common code later.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Question to the people just added, as you have relevant submission to
>>> distroboot. Do you think it makes sense to add FIT_BOOT_CMD to that?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matthias
>>
>> The idea of distro-boot was to make it easier for Linux distributions to
>> update the information needed by U-Boot to find the right kernel and
>> ramdisk.
>>
>> According to doc/README.distro file extlinux.conf should be used for the
>> communication between the distribution and U-Boot. Some distributions
>> like Debian still rely on boot.scr.
>>
>> Many distributions (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Suse, Fedora) have moved from
>> distro-boot to UEFI as booting standard. Unfortunately we have not
>> documented our support for this in doc/README.distro (TODO for me).
>> Takahiro is working on secure boot using UEFI. Once completed this could
>> obsolete FIT images.
>>
>> Would we expect Linux distributions to provide FIT images upon kernel
>> updates?
>> Is there any Linux distribution doing so?
>
> Embedded Linux, a new distribution from ARM, is using FIT images to
> update kernel.
> https://os.mbed.com/docs/mbed-linux-os/v0.8/welcome/index.html
>
Ok, so secure boot does not provide all capabilities that FIT images do and
there exists a distro which uses FIT images.
I think that's enough to add FIT_BOOT_CMD to distro_boot.
So please do so. Sorry that this has taken longer then expected.
Regards,
Matthias
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