Re: [PATCH v8 1/8] lib: add ASN.1 encoder

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On Mon, 2020-03-09 at 22:09 -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> We have a need in the TPM2 trusted keys to return the ASN.1 form of
> the TPM key blob so it can be operated on by tools outside of the
> kernel.  The specific tools are the openssl_tpm2_engine, openconnect
> and the Intel tpm2-tss-engine.  To do that, we have to be able to
> read and write the same binary key format the tools use.  The current
> ASN.1 decoder does fine for reading, but we need pieces of an ASN.1
> encoder to write the key blob in binary compatible form.
> 
> For backwards compatibility, the trusted key reader code will still
> accept the two TPM2B quantities that it uses today, but the writer
> will only output the ASN.1 form.
> 
> The current implementation only encodes the ASN.1 bits we actually
> need.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >

Sorry, screwed up on tags here (forgot to add reviewed-by:).  I've
resent the entire patch set here:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20200310051607.30334-1-James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

James




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