Re: [PATCH v5 10/11] PM: hibernate: Verify the digest encryption key

[Eric Biggers]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 03:16:35PM -0800, Evan Green wrote:
> We want to ensure that the key used to encrypt the digest

What is meant by "the key used to encrypt the digest"?

> was created by
> the kernel during hibernation. To do this we request that the TPM
> include information about the value of PCR 23 at the time of key
> creation in the sealed blob. On resume, we can make sure that the PCR
> information in the creation data blob (already certified by the TPM to
> be accurate) corresponds to the expected value. Since only
> the kernel can touch PCR 23, if an attacker generates a key themselves
> the value of PCR 23 will have been different, allowing us to reject the
> key and boot normally instead of resuming.

It seems that PCR 23 is already included in the authorization policy for the
key, so why is this extra part needed?

- Eric