Re: [PATCH] ima-evm-utils: skip test for discrete TPM 1.2 and exec'd as normal user

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Hi Bruno,

On Wed, 2020-06-24 at 18:24 -0300, Bruno Meneguele wrote:
> boot_aggregate test make use of a software TPM 2.0 in case it doesn't find
> any /dev/tpm0 in the system or if the test is ran as a normal user. However,
> when the system has a discrete TPM 1.2 and the user runs the test with a
> non-root user evmctl fails to return the software TPM 2.0 boot aggregate
> value because it tries to access the sysfs PCRs file and, consequently, the
> test fails.
> 
> Supporting a software TPM 1.2 involved some more work and new dependency in
> other programs to extend the PCRs accordingly. Because of that, just drop
> support for this scenario for now.

The problem is that the TPM 1.2 PCRs are visible to userspace.
 Insteaad of reading the software TPM PCRs, it's reading the discrete
TPM 1.2 PCRs.  I would drop this paragraph and simply say the sample
TPM 2.0 log test is not supported on systems with a discrete TPM 1.2.

The patch itself is fine.

thanks,

Mimi



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