[PATCH v3] doc: describe UEFI measured boot

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Tue Jun 18 17:23:13 CEST 2024


We currently only describe the process to enable measured boot using
bootm. Describe the UEFI requirements as well which predate bootm.

Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
---
Changes since v2:
- add all bootX commands in the description instead of just bootm
- Remove and extra _ from the header
Changes since v1:
- fixed remarks from Heinrich on titling and DTB measured PCR
 doc/usage/measured_boot.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst b/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst
index 9691904a9d8a..d31cb05226cd 100644
--- a/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/measured_boot.rst
@@ -7,19 +7,42 @@ U-Boot can perform a measured boot, the process of hashing various components
 of the boot process, extending the results in the TPM and logging the
 component's measurement in memory for the operating system to consume.

+The functionality is available when booting via the EFI subsystem or 'bootm'
+command.
+
+UEFI measured boot
+------------------
+The EFI subsystem implements the `EFI TCG protocol
+<https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/tcg-efi-protocol-specification/>`_
+and the `TCG PC Client Specific Platform Firmware Profile Specification
+<https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-specific-platform-firmware-profile-specification/>`_
+which defines the binaries to be measured and the corresponding PCRs to be used.
+
+Requirements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* A hardware TPM 2.0 supported by an enabled U-Boot driver
+* CONFIG_EFI_TCG2_PROTOCOL=y
+* CONFIG_EFI_TCG2_PROTOCOL_EVENTLOG_SIZE=y
+* optional CONFIG_EFI_TCG2_PROTOCOL_MEASURE_DTB=y will measure the loaded DTB in PCR 1
+
+Measured legacy boot with bootX command
+---------------------------------------
+The commands booti, bootm, and bootz can be used for measured boot
+using the legacy entry point of the Linux kernel.
+
 By default, U-Boot will measure the operating system (linux) image, the
 initrd image, and the "bootargs" environment variable. By enabling
-CONFIG_MEASURE_DEVICETREE, U-Boot will also measure the devicetree image.
+CONFIG_MEASURE_DEVICETREE, U-Boot will also measure the devicetree image in PCR1.

 The operating system typically would verify that the hashes found in the
 TPM PCRs match the contents of the event log. This can further be checked
 against the hash results of previous boots.

 Requirements
-------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~

-* A hardware TPM 2.0 supported by the U-Boot drivers
-* CONFIG_TPM=y
+* A hardware TPM 2.0 supported by an enabled U-Boot driver
+* CONFIG_TPMv2=y
 * CONFIG_MEASURED_BOOT=y
 * Device-tree configuration of the TPM device to specify the memory area
   for event logging. The TPM device node must either contain a phandle to
--
2.45.2



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