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Daniel De Graaf 5c3705c900 vtpmmgr: add TPM group support
This is a complete rewrite of the disk format and key hierarchy for the
TPM Manager. The new format supports multiple groups of vTPMs which
define the permitted configurations where a given vTPM's keys are
available, allowing upgrades of critical components while retaining the
secrecy of cryptographic keys.

New features of the TPM Manager are explained in the README and in the
definitions of the management commands in vtpm_manager.h.

New features for vTPMs:

1. The size of the state blob for a vTPM is expanded from 52 to 64
bytes in order to support future vTPMs using SHA-2/3 instead of SHA-1.

2. vTPMs can obtain a quote from the physical TPM with certain
resettable PCRs set to include information about the vTPM. This can be
used by a vTPM to provide evidence of its integrity, including the
secrecy of its EK, and for deep quotes.

Some additional changes made by this rewrite that may impact existing
users:

1. The value of WELLKNOWN_OWNER_AUTH was incorrect for the physical TPM;
the convention is to use all zero bits for well-known authentication
values, not all one bits.

2. Randomly generating the owner auth value for the physical TPM is no
longer supported, as it prevents later creation or certification of
AIKs (which the old manager did not support).

3. The vTPM Manager needs to be provisioned with a PCR composite and an
upgrade authority's public key before it will save data across boots.

The current implementation still has some limitations:
 * 5 valid system PCR selections per group
 * The vTPM Manager's disk can use at most 2MB of space
 * The vTPM domain's build hash is always set to null/zero

Most of the code relating to upgrade and rollback protection is
currently stubbed out, but future versions can add:
 * Support for using the TPM's monotonic counter to prevent rollback
   of vTPM data by taking and restoring disk snapshots
 * Masking the master disk encryption key using a value stored in the
   TPM's NVRAM so that revocation of old data is possible without
   relying on all previously authorized software stacks to respect the
   monotonic counter's value

Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
2014-04-23 11:56:41 +01:00

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Author: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
================================================================================
Overview
================================================================================
This document describes example platforms which use virtual TPMs to provide
security properties for guests running on the platforms. There are several
tradeoffs between flexibility and trust which must be considered when
implementing a platform containing vTPMs.
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Example 1: Trusted Domain 0
================================================================================
This is the simplest example and provides maximal flexibility for testing the
vTPM Manager and vTPMs. The vtpmmgr, vtpm, and guest domains are created using
xl from the command line on domain 0.
Provisioning on domain 0:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/images/vtpmmgr-stubdom.img bs=2M count=1
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/images/vtpm-guest1.img bs=2M count=1
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/images/vtpm-guest2.img bs=2M count=1
The vtpmmgr configuration file (vtpmmgr.cfg):
name="vtpmmgr"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/vtpmmgr-stubdom.gz"
extra="tpmlocality=2"
memory=8
disk=["file:/images/vtpmmgr-stubdom.img,hda,w"]
iomem=["fed42,1"]
The vtpm configuration files (vtpm-guest1.cfg, vtpm-guest2.cfg):
name="vtpm-guest1"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/vtpm-stubdom.gz"
extra="loglevel=debug"
memory=8
disk=["file:/images/vtpm-guest1.img,hda,w"]
vtpm=["backend=vtpmmgr,uuid=ac0a5b9e-cbe2-4c07-b43b-1d69e46fb839"]
name="vtpm-guest2"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/vtpm-stubdom.gz"
extra="loglevel=debug"
memory=8
disk=["file:/images/vtpm-guest2.img,hda,w"]
vtpm=["backend=vtpmmgr,uuid=6c3ff5f1-8d58-4fed-b00d-a5ea9a817f7f"]
The guest configuration files (guest1.cfg, guest2.cfg):
name="guest1"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz"
memory=1024
disk=["file:/images/guest1.img,xvda,w"]
vif=['mac=00:01:02:03:04:05,bridge=br0']
vtpm=["backend=vtpm-guest1"]
name="guest2"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz"
memory=1024
disk=["file:/images/guest2.img,xvda,w"]
vif=['mac=00:01:02:03:04:06,bridge=br0']
vtpm=["backend=vtpm-guest2"]
Starting domains:
# xl create vtpmmgr.cfg
# xl create vtpm-guest1.cfg
# xl create guest1.cfg
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Example 2: Domain Builder with Static vTPMs
================================================================================
This example uses the domain builder to construct a TPM Manager and vTPM which
do not require trusting the hardware domain with the vTPM's secrets. However,
it is not possible to construct additional vTPMs after the system is booted, and
the guests with access to vTPMs may not be rebooted without rebooting the entire
platform.
The domain builder (dom0) constructs:
dom1 - xenstore system_u:system_r:xenstore_t
dom2 - hardware system_u:system_r:hwdom_t
dom3 - vtpmmgr system_u:system_r:vtpmmgr_t
dom4 - vtpm-hw system_u:system_r:vtpm_t
dom5 - vtpm-g1 guest1_u:vm_r:vtpm_t
dom6 - vtpm-g2 guest2_u:vm_r:vtpm_t
dom7 - guest1 guest1_u:vm_r:guest_t
dom8 - guest2 guest2_u:vm_r:guest_t
It unpauses dom1 and dom2 after setting up Xenstore. The hardware domain is not
permitted access to IO memory at 0xfed42; this IO memory is accessible to the
vtpmmgr domain. The two guest domains may be instantiated using pv-grub or
using the same kernel as the hardware domain to conserve space in the domain
builder's initrd.
Once the hardware domain boots, it runs:
# xl block-attach vtpmmgr 'backendtype=phy,backend=hardware,vdev=hda,access=w,target=/dev/lvm/vtpmmgr'
# xl block-attach vtpm-hw 'backendtype=phy,backend=hardware,vdev=hda,access=w,target=/dev/lvm/vtpm-hw'
# xl block-attach vtpm-g1 'backendtype=phy,backend=hardware,vdev=hda,access=w,target=/dev/lvm/vtpm-g1'
# xl block-attach vtpm-g2 'backendtype=phy,backend=hardware,vdev=hda,access=w,target=/dev/lvm/vtpm-g2'
# xl block-attach guest1 'backendtype=phy,backend=hardware,vdev=xvda,access=w,target=/dev/lvm/guest1'
# xl block-attach guest2 'backendtype=phy,backend=hardware,vdev=xvda,access=w,target=/dev/lvm/guest2'
# xl vtpm-attach vtpm-hw uuid=062b6416-ed46-492a-9e65-a2f92dc07f7f backend=vtpmmgr
# xl vtpm-attach vtpm-g1 uuid=e9aa9d0f-ece5-4b84-b129-93004ba61a5f backend=vtpmmgr
# xl vtpm-attach vtpm-g2 uuid=3fb2caf0-d305-4516-96c7-420618d98efb backend=vtpmmgr
# xl vtpm-attach hardware uuid=062b6416-ed46-492a-9e65-a2f92dc07f7f backend=vtpm-hw
# xl vtpm-attach guest1 uuid=e9aa9d0f-ece5-4b84-b129-93004ba61a5f backend=vtpm-g1
# xl vtpm-attach guest2 uuid=3fb2caf0-d305-4516-96c7-420618d98efb backend=vtpm-g2
Once these commands are complete, the domains are unpaused and may boot. The XSM
policy must be configured to not allow any of the domain types named above to be
created by any domain except the domain builder; guests created by the hardware
domain or one of the primary guests acting as a control domain must have a
different type. The type vtpmmgr_t may only map grants from vtpm_t; vtpm_t may
only map grants from a domain of type guest_t or hwdom_t with the same user
field.
This example may be extended to allow dynamic creation of domains by using a
domain builder that accepts build requests. A single build request would create
a pair of domains using an unused XSM user field: a vTPM and a pv-grub domain
which requires the presence of a vTPM. To bind the configuration of the guest
to the vTPM, the guest may use full-disk encryption which can be unlocked using
an unseal operation; using the wrong vTPM will then yield a non-functioning
guest.