| Chain of trust bindings |
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| The device tree allows to describe the chain of trust with the help of |
| 'cot' node which contain 'manifests' and 'images' as sub-nodes. |
| 'manifests' and 'images' nodes contains number of sub-nodes (i.e. 'certificate' |
| and 'image' nodes) mentioning properties of the certificate and image respectively. |
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| Also, device tree describes 'non-volatile-counters' node which contains number of |
| sub-nodes mentioning properties of all non-volatile-counters used in the chain of trust. |
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| cot |
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| This is root node which contains 'manifests' and 'images' as sub-nodes |
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| Manifests and Certificate node bindings definition |
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| - Manifests node |
| Description: Container of certificate nodes. |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - compatible: |
| Usage: required |
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| Value type: <string> |
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| Definition: must be "arm, cert-descs" |
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| - Certificate node |
| Description: |
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| Describes certificate properties which are used |
| during the authentication process. |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - root-certificate |
| Usage: |
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| Required for the certificate with no parent. |
| In other words, certificates which are validated |
| using root of trust public key. |
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| Value type: <boolean> |
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| - image-id |
| Usage: Required for every certificate with unique id. |
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| Value type: <u32> |
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| - parent |
| Usage: |
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| It refers to their parent image, which typically contains |
| information to authenticate the certificate. |
| This property is required for all non-root certificates. |
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| This property is not required for root-certificates |
| as root-certificates are validated using root of trust |
| public key provided by platform. |
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| Value type: <phandle> |
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| - signing-key |
| Usage: |
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| This property is used to refer public key node present in |
| parent certificate node and it is required property for all |
| non-root certificates which are authenticated using public-key |
| present in parent certificate. |
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| This property is not required for root-certificates |
| as root-certificates are validated using root of trust |
| public key provided by platform. |
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| Value type: <phandle> |
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| - antirollback-counter |
| Usage: |
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| This property is used by all certificates which are |
| protected against rollback attacks using a non-volatile |
| counter and it is an optional property. |
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| This property is used to refer one of the non-volatile |
| counter sub-node present in 'non-volatile counters' node. |
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| Value type: <phandle> |
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| SUBNODES |
| - Description: |
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| Hash and public key information present in the certificate |
| are shown by these nodes. |
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| - public key node |
| Description: Provide public key information in the certificate. |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - oid |
| Usage: |
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| This property provides the Object ID of public key |
| provided in the certificate which the help of which |
| public key information can be extracted. |
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| Value type: <string> |
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| - hash node |
| Description: Provide the hash information in the certificate. |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - oid |
| Usage: |
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| This property provides the Object ID of hash provided in |
| the certificate which the help of which hash information |
| can be extracted. |
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| Value type: <string> |
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| Example: |
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| .. code:: c |
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| cot { |
| manifests { |
| compatible = "arm, cert-descs” |
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| trusted-key-cert: trusted-key-cert { |
| root-certificate; |
| image-id = <TRUSTED_KEY_CERT_ID>; |
| antirollback-counter = <&trusted_nv_counter>; |
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| trusted-world-pk: trusted-world-pk { |
| oid = TRUSTED_WORLD_PK_OID; |
| }; |
| non-trusted-world-pk: non-trusted-world-pk { |
| oid = NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_PK_OID; |
| }; |
| }; |
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| scp_fw_key_cert: scp_fw_key_cert { |
| image-id = <SCP_FW_KEY_CERT_ID>; |
| parent = <&trusted-key-cert>; |
| signing-key = <&trusted_world_pk>; |
| antirollback-counter = <&trusted_nv_counter>; |
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| scp_fw_content_pk: scp_fw_content_pk { |
| oid = SCP_FW_CONTENT_CERT_PK_OID; |
| }; |
| }; |
| . |
| . |
| . |
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| next-certificate { |
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| }; |
| }; |
| }; |
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| Images and Image node bindings definition |
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| - Images node |
| Description: Container of image nodes |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - compatible: |
| Usage: required |
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| Value type: <string> |
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| Definition: must be "arm, img-descs" |
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| - Image node |
| Description: |
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| Describes image properties which will be used during |
| authentication process. |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - image-id |
| Usage: Required for every image with unique id. |
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| Value type: <u32> |
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| - parent |
| Usage: |
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| Required for every image to provide a reference to |
| its parent image, which contains the necessary information |
| to authenticate it. |
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| Value type: <phandle> |
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| - hash |
| Usage: |
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| Required for all images which are validated using |
| hash method. This property is used to refer hash |
| node present in parent certificate node. |
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| Value type: <phandle> |
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| Note: |
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| Currently, all images are validated using 'hash' |
| method. In future, there may be multiple methods can |
| be used to validate the image. |
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| Example: |
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| .. code:: c |
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| cot { |
| images { |
| compatible = "arm, img-descs"; |
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| scp_bl2_image { |
| image-id = <SCP_BL2_IMAGE_ID>; |
| parent = <&scp_fw_content_cert>; |
| hash = <&scp_fw_hash>; |
| }; |
| |
| . |
| . |
| . |
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| next-img { |
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| }; |
| }; |
| }; |
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| non-volatile counter node binding definition |
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| - non-volatile counters node |
| Description: Contains properties for non-volatile counters. |
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| PROPERTIES |
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| - compatible: |
| Usage: required |
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| Value type: <string> |
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| Definition: must be "arm, non-volatile-counter" |
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| - #address-cells |
| Usage: required |
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| Value type: <u32> |
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| Definition: |
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| Must be set according to address size |
| of non-volatile counter register |
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| - #size-cells |
| Usage: required |
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| Value type: <u32> |
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| Definition: must be set to 0 |
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| SUBNODE |
| - counters node |
| Description: Contains various non-volatile counters present in the platform. |
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| PROPERTIES |
| - id |
| Usage: Required for every nv-counter with unique id. |
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| Value type: <u32> |
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| - reg |
| Usage: |
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| Register base address of non-volatile counter and it is required |
| property. |
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| Value type: <u32> |
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| - oid |
| Usage: |
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| This property provides the Object ID of non-volatile counter |
| provided in the certificate and it is required property. |
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| Value type: <string> |
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| Example: |
| Below is non-volatile counters example for ARM platform |
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| .. code:: c |
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| non_volatile_counters: non_volatile_counters { |
| compatible = "arm, non-volatile-counter"; |
| #address-cells = <1>; |
| #size-cells = <0>; |
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| trusted-nv-counter: trusted_nv_counter { |
| id = <TRUSTED_NV_CTR_ID>; |
| reg = <TFW_NVCTR_BASE>; |
| oid = TRUSTED_FW_NVCOUNTER_OID; |
| }; |
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| non_trusted_nv_counter: non_trusted_nv_counter { |
| id = <NON_TRUSTED_NV_CTR_ID>; |
| reg = <NTFW_CTR_BASE>; |
| oid = NON_TRUSTED_FW_NVCOUNTER_OID; |
| }; |
| }; |
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| Future update to chain of trust binding |
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| This binding document needs to be revisited to generalise some terminologies |
| which are currently specific to X.509 certificates for e.g. Object IDs. |
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| *Copyright (c) 2020, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.* |
