Re: [PATCH] tpm: return a TPM_RC_COMMAND_CODE response if a command isn't implemented

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Thu Dec 07 2017 - 11:19:48 EST


On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 09:58:34AM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Hello Jarkko,
>
> On 12/07/2017 02:32 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 12:30:12AM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> According to the TPM Library Specification, a TPM device must do a command
> >> header validation before processing and return a TPM_RC_COMMAND_CODE code
> >> if the command is not implemented.
> >>
> >> So user-space will expect to handle that response as an error. But if the
> >> in-kernel resource manager is used (/dev/tpmrm?), an -EINVAL errno code is
> >> returned instead if the command isn't implemented. This confuses userspace
> >> since it doesn't expect that error value.
> >>
> >> This also isn't consistent with the behavior when not using TPM spaces and
> >> accessing the TPM directly (/dev/tpm?). In this case, the command is sent
> >> to the TPM even when not implemented and the TPM responds with an error.
> >>
> >> Instead of returning an -EINVAL errno code when the tpm_validate_command()
> >> function fails, synthesize a TPM command response so user-space can get a
> >> TPM_RC_COMMAND_CODE as expected when a chip doesn't implement the command.
> >>
> >> The TPM only sets 12 of the 32 bits in the TPM_RC response, so the TSS and
> >> TAB specifications define that higher layers in the stack should use some
> >> of the unused 20 bits to specify from which level of the stack the error
> >> is coming from.
> >>
> >> Since the TPM_RC_COMMAND_CODE response code is sent by the kernel resource
> >> manager, set the error level to the TAB/RM layer so user-space is aware of
> >> this.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Changes since RFCv2:
> >> - Set the error level to the TAB/RM layer so user-space is aware that the error
> >> is not coming from the TPM (suggested by Philip Tricca and Jarkko Sakkinen).
> >>
> >> Changes since RFCv1:
> >> - Don't pass not validated commands to the TPM, instead return a synthesized
> >> response with the correct TPM return code (suggested by Jason Gunthorpe).
> >>
> >> And example of user-space getting confused by the TPM chardev returning -EINVAL
> >> when sending a not supported TPM command can be seen in this tpm2-tools issue:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/intel/tpm2-tools/issues/621
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Javier
> >>
> >> drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >> drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 8 ++++++++
> >> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> >> index ebe0a1d36d8c..9391811c5f83 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
> >> @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ unsigned long tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> >> }
> >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_calc_ordinal_duration);
> >>
> >> -static bool tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> >> +static int tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> >> struct tpm_space *space,
> >> const u8 *cmd,
> >> size_t len)
> >> @@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ static bool tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> >> unsigned int nr_handles;
> >>
> >> if (len < TPM_HEADER_SIZE)
> >> - return false;
> >> + return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> if (!space)
> >> - return true;
> >> + return 0;
> >>
> >> if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 && chip->nr_commands) {
> >> cc = be32_to_cpu(header->ordinal);
> >> @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static bool tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> >> if (i < 0) {
> >> dev_dbg(&chip->dev, "0x%04X is an invalid command\n",
> >> cc);
> >> - return false;
> >> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> >> }
> >>
> >> attrs = chip->cc_attrs_tbl[i];
> >> @@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ static bool tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
> >> goto err_len;
> >> }
> >>
> >> - return true;
> >> + return 0;
> >> err_len:
> >> dev_dbg(&chip->dev,
> >> "%s: insufficient command length %zu", __func__, len);
> >> - return false;
> >> + return -EINVAL;
> >> }
> >>
> >> /**
> >> @@ -391,8 +391,20 @@ ssize_t tpm_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
> >> unsigned long stop;
> >> bool need_locality;
> >>
> >> - if (!tpm_validate_command(chip, space, buf, bufsiz))
> >> - return -EINVAL;
> >> + rc = tpm_validate_command(chip, space, buf, bufsiz);
> >> + if (rc == -EINVAL)
> >> + return rc;
> >> + /*
> >> + * If the command is not implemented by the TPM, synthesize a
> >> + * response with a TPM2_RC_COMMAND_CODE return for user-space.
> >> + */
> >> + if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> >> + header->length = cpu_to_be32(sizeof(*header));
> >> + header->tag = cpu_to_be16(TPM2_ST_NO_SESSIONS);
> >> + header->return_code = cpu_to_be32(TPM2_RC_COMMAND_CODE |
> >> + TPM2_RESMGRTPM_ERROR_LEVEL);
> >> + return bufsiz;
> >> + }
> >>
> >> if (bufsiz > TPM_BUFSIZE)
> >> bufsiz = TPM_BUFSIZE;
> >> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> >> index c1866cc02e30..b3f9108d3d1f 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
> >> @@ -94,12 +94,20 @@ enum tpm2_structures {
> >> TPM2_ST_SESSIONS = 0x8002,
> >> };
> >>
> >> +/* Indicates from what level of the software stack the error comes from */
> >> +#define TPM2_RC_LEVEL_SHIFT 16
> >> +
> >> +#define TPM2_RESMGRTPM_ERROR_LEVEL (11 << TPM2_RC_LEVEL_SHIFT)
> >> +#define TPM2_RESMGR_ERROR_LEVEL (12 << TPM2_RC_LEVEL_SHIFT)
> >> +#define TPM2_DRIVER_ERROR_LEVEL (13 << TPM2_RC_LEVEL_SHIFT)
> >> +
> >> enum tpm2_return_codes {
> >> TPM2_RC_SUCCESS = 0x0000,
> >> TPM2_RC_HASH = 0x0083, /* RC_FMT1 */
> >> TPM2_RC_HANDLE = 0x008B,
> >> TPM2_RC_INITIALIZE = 0x0100, /* RC_VER1 */
> >> TPM2_RC_DISABLED = 0x0120,
> >> + TPM2_RC_COMMAND_CODE = 0x0143,
> >> TPM2_RC_TESTING = 0x090A, /* RC_WARN */
> >> TPM2_RC_REFERENCE_H0 = 0x0910,
> >> };
> >> --
> >> 2.14.3
> >>
> >
> > Please use next time --subject-prefix="PATCH v3".
> >
>
> I did. But you are answering to my v1 patch. The v3 can be found here with the
> following subject "[PATCH v3] tpm: return a TPM_RC_COMMAND_CODE response if
> command is not implemented"
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10084305/
>
> Probably you got confused because I posted 2 RFCs before posting a proper PATCH
> and then PATCHv3 and v3.
>
> > Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> Thanks! As mentioned this is v1, but I guess it also applies to v3 since the
> only differences are the removal of the unused defines and the naming change
> we discussed.
>
> > /Jarkko
> >
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Javier Martinez Canillas
> Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
> Red Hat

Anyway, it is landed now.

/Jarkko