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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-03 13:54:25 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-03 13:54:25 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 060+5.upstream/060+5
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diff --git a/modules.d/97masterkey/README b/modules.d/97masterkey/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..524ccfc --- /dev/null +++ b/modules.d/97masterkey/README @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +# Directions for creating the kernel master key that will be used for +# encrypting/decrypting other keys. + +# A trusted key is a TPM random number, which is only ever exposed to +# userspace as an encrypted datablob. A trusted key can be sealed to a +# set of PCR values. For more details on trusted keys, refer to the +# kernel keys-trusted-encrypted.txt documentation. +$ keyctl add trusted kmk-trusted "new 32" @u +801713097 + +# For those systems which don't have a TPM, but want to experiment with +# encrypted keys, create a user key of 32 random bytes. Unlike +# trusted/encrypted keys, user type key data is visible to userspace. +$ keyctl add user kmk-user "`dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null`" @u +144468621 + +# Save the kernel master key (trusted type): +$ su -c 'keyctl pipe `keyctl search @u trusted kmk-trusted` > /etc/keys/kmk-trusted.blob' + +# or (user type): +$ su -c 'keyctl pipe `keyctl search @u user kmk-user` > /etc/keys/kmk-user.blob' + +# A useful feature of trusted keys is that it is possible to prevent their +# unsealing at later time by providing the parameter 'pcrlock=<pcrnum>' when +# loading it, which causes the PCR #<pcrnum> to be extended with a random value. +# Actually, the <pcrnum> variable is set to '11' to let users experiment with +# this feature by using a register that is never extended during the boot, +# making the re-sealing not necessary. In the future, the kernel master key will +# be sealed to the PCR #14 which is extended, according to the TrustedGRUB +# documentation[1], to the measure of the kernel and the initial ramdisk. + +# The kernel master key path name and type can be set in one of the following +# ways (specified in the order in which variables are overwritten): + +1) use default values: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MULTIKERNELMODE="NO" +MASTERKEYTYPE="trusted" +MASTERKEY="/etc/keys/kmk-${MASTERKEYTYPE}.blob" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +2) create the configuration file '/etc/sysconfig/masterkey' to override the +value of one or all variables; + +3) specify these parameters in the kernel command line: +- masterkey=</kernel/master/key/path>, to override the MASTERKEY variable; +- masterkeytype=<kernel-master-key-type>, to override the MASTERKEYTYPE variable. + +# The variable MULTIKERNELMODE has been introduced to support multi boot +# configurations, where a trusted/user key is tied to a specific kernel and +# initial ramdisk. In this case, setting MULTIKERNELMODE to 'YES' will cause the +# kernel version to be added to the default masterkey path name, so that the +# MASTERKEY variable should not be overridden each time a different kernel is +# chosen. The default value of MASTERKEY will be equal to: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MASTERKEY="/etc/keys/kmk-${MASTERKEYTYPE}-$(uname -r).blob" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +# The masterkey path name also depends on the value of MASTERKEYTYPE, as reported +# in the default values for defined variables. For example, if only MASTERKEYTYPE +# is overridden by setting it to 'user' in the configuration file or from the +# kernel command line, the value of MASTERKEY will be: +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +MASTERKEY="/etc/keys/kmk-user.blob" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +[1] https://projects.sirrix.com/trac/trustedgrub/ |