The loopback image is configured to function as a disk by being mapped
as a block device. Instead of measuring the entire block device we
should focus on tracking the individual files accessed from it. For
example, we do not directly measure block devices like hd0 disk but the
files opened from it.
This method is important to avoid running out of memory since loopback
images can be very large. Trying to read and measure the whole image at
once could cause out of memory errors and disrupt the boot process.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Currently booting the system is prevented when call to EFI firmware
hash_log_extend_event() returns unknown error. Solve this by following
convention used in commit a4356538d (commands/tpm: Don't propagate
measurement failures to the verifiers layer).
Let the system to be bootable by default when unknown TPM error is
encountered. Check environment variable tpm_fail_fatal to fallback to
previous behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Michał Grzelak <mchl.grzlk@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
When the tpm module is loaded, the verifier reads entire file into
memory, measures it and uses verified content as a backing buffer for
file accesses. However, this process may result in high memory
utilization for file operations, sometimes causing a system to run out
of memory which may finally lead to boot failure. To address this issue,
among others, the commit 887f98f0d (mm: Allow dynamically requesting
additional memory regions) have optimized memory management by
dynamically allocating heap space to maximize memory usage and reduce
threat of memory exhaustion. But in some cases problems may still arise,
e.g., when large ISO images are mounted using loopback or when dealing
with embedded systems with limited memory resources.
Unfortunately current implementation of the tpm module doesn't allow
elimination of the back buffer once it is loaded. Even if the TPM device
is not present or it has been explicitly disabled. This may unnecessary
allocate a lot memory. To solve this issue, a patch has been developed
to detect the TPM status at module load and skip verifier registration
if the device is missing or deactivated. This prevents allocation of
memory for the back buffer, avoiding wasting memory when no real measure
boot functionality is performed. Disabling the TPM device in the system
can reduce memory usage in the GRUB. It is useful in scenarios where
high memory utilization is a concern and measurements of loaded
artifacts are not necessary.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Currently if an EFI firmware fails to do a TPM measurement for a file,
the error will be propagated to the verifiers framework which will
prevent it to be opened. This mean that buggy firmwares will lead to
the system not booting because files won't be allowed to be loaded. But
a failure to do a TPM measurement isn't expected to be a fatal error
that causes the system to be unbootable.
To avoid this, don't return errors from .write and .verify_string
callbacks and just print a debug message in the case of a TPM
measurement failure. Add an environment variable, tpm_fail_fatal, to
restore the previous behavior.
Also-authored-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
grub_tpm_log_event() and grub_tpm_measure() are two functions that
have the same effect. So, keep grub_tpm_log_event() and rename it
to grub_tpm_measure(). This way we get also a more clear semantics.
Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Add support for performing basic TPM measurements. Right now this only
supports extending PCRs statically and only on UEFI. In future we might
want to have some sort of mechanism for choosing which events get logged
to which PCRs, but this seems like a good default policy and we can wait
to see whether anyone has a use case before adding more complexity.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
