Re: F38 proposal: Unified Kernel Support Phase 1 (System-Wide Change proposal)

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  Hi,

> A much better approach is to install a TPM-generated key in the TPM’s
> NVRAM, with a policy that only allows the key to be used once a trusted
> operating system has booted.  That can be used as a trust anchor even
> without support from buggy UEFI firmware.

Side note: measuring kernel + initrd happens using UEFI firmware services.

(once the kernel is up'n'running it will use its own tpm drivers instead
of depending on the firmware services).

> Furthermore, measured boot allows tying e.g. LUKS keys to a
> combination of the actual OS booted and a passphrase needed to unlock
> the TPM.  This allows the TPM’s protection against brute-force attacks
> to be used.

You also want protect the initrd against modifications to make sure an
attacker can't sniff your passphrase.  Unified kernels help here too
because the initrd for a given kernel has a fixed and known hash.

take care,
  Gerd
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