[PATCH v2] efi_loader: Fix EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE hash check

Weizhao Ouyang o451686892 at gmail.com
Mon May 13 07:48:18 CEST 2024


On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 5:23 PM Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> On 5/8/24 13:13, Weizhao Ouyang wrote:
> > According to UEFI v2.10 spec section 8.2.6, if a caller invokes the
> > SetVariables() service, it will produce a digest from hash(VariableName,
> > VendorGuid, Attributes, TimeStamp, DataNew_variable_content), then the
> > firmware that implements the SetVariable() service will compare the
> > digest with the result of applying the signer’s public key to the
> > signature. For EFI variable append write, efitools sign-efi-sig-list has
> > an option "-a" to add EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE attr, and u-boot will
> > drop this attribute in efi_set_variable_int(). So if a caller uses
> > "sign-efi-sig-list -a" to create the authenticated variable, this append
> > write will fail in the u-boot due to "hash check failed".
> >
> > This patch resumes writing the EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE attr to ensure
> > that the hash check is correct. And also update the "test_efi_secboot"
> > test case to compliance with the change.
>
> Looking at EDK II I see that VerifyTimeBasedPayloadAndUpdate() calls
> VerifyTimeBasedPayload() before invoking
> AuthServiceInternalUpdateVariableWithTimeStamp() which handles the
> append flag so this seems to match the intended behavior that you describe.
>
> Should we move the IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_SECURE_BOOT) check to
> efi_variable_authenticate() and call this function directly after
> setvariable_allowed() if
> EFI_VARIABLE_TIME_BASED_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS is set?
>
> This would make efi_set_variable_int() easier to read and would simplify
> the handling of the attribute flag.

Yeah, I think it's reasonable.

BR,
Weizhao

>
> The UEFI Self-Certification Test (SCT) never highlighted the issue. If a
> test is missing there,it would be a good idea to add an issue in
> https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/.
>
> Best regards
>
> Heinrich
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Weizhao Ouyang <o451686892 at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > v2: skip attr for efi_var_mem_ins()
> > ---
> >   lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c                  |  6 +++---
> >   test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/conftest.py     | 10 ++++++++++
> >   test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_authvar.py |  4 ++--
> >   test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_signed.py  | 10 +++++-----
> >   4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
> > index 1cc02acb3b..09651d4675 100644
> > --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
> > +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
> > @@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ efi_status_t efi_set_variable_int(const u16 *variable_name,
> >       /* check if a variable exists */
> >       var = efi_var_mem_find(vendor, variable_name, NULL);
> >       append = !!(attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE);
> > -     attributes &= ~EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE;
> >       delete = !append && (!data_size || !attributes);
> >
> >       /* check attributes */
> > @@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_set_variable_int(const u16 *variable_name,
> >
> >               /* attributes won't be changed */
> >               if (!delete &&
> > -                 ((ro_check && var->attr != attributes) ||
> > +                 ((ro_check && var->attr != (attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE)) ||
> >                    (!ro_check && ((var->attr & ~EFI_VARIABLE_READ_ONLY)
> >                                   != (attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_READ_ONLY))))) {
> >                       return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
> > @@ -378,7 +377,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_set_variable_int(const u16 *variable_name,
> >               for (; *old_data; ++old_data)
> >                       ;
> >               ++old_data;
> > -             ret = efi_var_mem_ins(variable_name, vendor, attributes,
> > +             ret = efi_var_mem_ins(variable_name, vendor,
> > +                                   attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE,
> >                                     var->length, old_data, data_size, data,
> >                                     time);
> >       } else {
> > diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/conftest.py b/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/conftest.py
> > index ff7ac7c810..0fa0747fc7 100644
> > --- a/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/conftest.py
> > +++ b/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/conftest.py
> > @@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ def efi_boot_env(request, u_boot_config):
> >           check_call('cd %s; %scert-to-efi-sig-list -g %s db1.crt db1.esl; %ssign-efi-sig-list -t "2020-04-05" -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key db db1.esl db1.auth'
> >                      % (mnt_point, EFITOOLS_PATH, GUID, EFITOOLS_PATH),
> >                      shell=True)
> > +        # db2 (APPEND_WRITE)
> > +        check_call('cd %s; openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj /CN=TEST_db2/ -keyout db2.key -out db2.crt -nodes -days 365'
> > +                   % mnt_point, shell=True)
> > +        check_call('cd %s; %scert-to-efi-sig-list -g %s db2.crt db2.esl; %ssign-efi-sig-list -a -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key db db2.esl db2.auth'
> > +                   % (mnt_point, EFITOOLS_PATH, GUID, EFITOOLS_PATH),
> > +                   shell=True)
> >           # dbx (TEST_dbx certificate)
> >           check_call('cd %s; openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj /CN=TEST_dbx/ -keyout dbx.key -out dbx.crt -nodes -days 365'
> >                      % mnt_point, shell=True)
> > @@ -84,6 +90,10 @@ def efi_boot_env(request, u_boot_config):
> >           check_call('cd %s; %scert-to-efi-hash-list -g %s -s 256 db1.crt dbx_hash1.crl; %ssign-efi-sig-list -t "2020-04-06" -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key dbx dbx_hash1.crl dbx_hash1.auth'
> >                      % (mnt_point, EFITOOLS_PATH, GUID, EFITOOLS_PATH),
> >                      shell=True)
> > +        # dbx_hash2 (digest of TEST_db2 certificate, with APPEND_WRITE)
> > +        check_call('cd %s; %scert-to-efi-hash-list -g %s -s 256 db2.crt dbx_hash2.crl; %ssign-efi-sig-list -a -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key dbx dbx_hash2.crl dbx_hash2.auth'
> > +                   % (mnt_point, EFITOOLS_PATH, GUID, EFITOOLS_PATH),
> > +                   shell=True)
> >           # dbx_db (with TEST_db certificate)
> >           check_call('cd %s; %ssign-efi-sig-list -t "2020-04-05" -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key dbx db.esl dbx_db.auth'
> >                      % (mnt_point, EFITOOLS_PATH),
> > diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_authvar.py b/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_authvar.py
> > index f99b8270a6..d5aeb65048 100644
> > --- a/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_authvar.py
> > +++ b/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_authvar.py
> > @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class TestEfiAuthVar(object):
> >               assert 'db:' in ''.join(output)
> >
> >               output = u_boot_console.run_command_list([
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -a -i 4000000:$filesize db'])
> >               assert 'Failed to set EFI variable' in ''.join(output)
> >
> > @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class TestEfiAuthVar(object):
> >           with u_boot_console.log.section('Test Case 3c'):
> >               # Test Case 3c, update with correct signature
> >               output = u_boot_console.run_command_list([
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -a -i 4000000:$filesize db',
> >                   'printenv -e -n -guid d719b2cb-3d3a-4596-a3bc-dad00e67656f db'])
> >               assert 'Failed to set EFI variable' not in ''.join(output)
> > diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_signed.py b/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_signed.py
> > index 5000a4ab7b..f604138a35 100644
> > --- a/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_signed.py
> > +++ b/test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_signed.py
> > @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class TestEfiSignedImage(object):
> >           with u_boot_console.log.section('Test Case 5b'):
> >               # Test Case 5b, authenticated if both signatures are verified
> >               output = u_boot_console.run_command_list([
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -a -i 4000000:$filesize db'])
> >               assert 'Failed to set EFI variable' not in ''.join(output)
> >               output = u_boot_console.run_command_list([
> > @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class TestEfiSignedImage(object):
> >           with u_boot_console.log.section('Test Case 5d'):
> >               # Test Case 5d, rejected if both of signatures are revoked
> >               output = u_boot_console.run_command_list([
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 dbx_hash1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 dbx_hash2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -a -i 4000000:$filesize dbx'])
> >               assert 'Failed to set EFI variable' not in ''.join(output)
> >               output = u_boot_console.run_command_list([
> > @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class TestEfiSignedImage(object):
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize KEK',
> >                   'fatload host 0:1 4000000 PK.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize PK',
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -a -i 4000000:$filesize db',
> >                   'fatload host 0:1 4000000 dbx_hash1.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize dbx'])
> > @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class TestEfiSignedImage(object):
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize KEK',
> >                   'fatload host 0:1 4000000 PK.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize PK',
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -a -i 4000000:$filesize db',
> >                   'fatload host 0:1 4000000 dbx_hash384.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize dbx'])
> > @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class TestEfiSignedImage(object):
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize KEK',
> >                   'fatload host 0:1 4000000 PK.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize PK',
> > -                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db1.auth',
> > +                'fatload host 0:1 4000000 db2.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -a -i 4000000:$filesize db',
> >                   'fatload host 0:1 4000000 dbx_hash512.auth',
> >                   'setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i 4000000:$filesize dbx'])
>


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