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1 Trusted and Encrypted Keys
2
3Trusted and Encrypted Keys are two new key types added to the existing kernel
40e47125 4key ring service. Both of these new types are variable length symmetric keys,
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5and in both cases all keys are created in the kernel, and user space sees,
6stores, and loads only encrypted blobs. Trusted Keys require the availability
7of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip for greater security, while Encrypted
8Keys can be used on any system. All user level blobs, are displayed and loaded
9in hex ascii for convenience, and are integrity verified.
10
11Trusted Keys use a TPM both to generate and to seal the keys. Keys are sealed
12under a 2048 bit RSA key in the TPM, and optionally sealed to specified PCR
13(integrity measurement) values, and only unsealed by the TPM, if PCRs and blob
14integrity verifications match. A loaded Trusted Key can be updated with new
15(future) PCR values, so keys are easily migrated to new pcr values, such as
16when the kernel and initramfs are updated. The same key can have many saved
17blobs under different PCR values, so multiple boots are easily supported.
18
19By default, trusted keys are sealed under the SRK, which has the default
20authorization value (20 zeros). This can be set at takeownership time with the
21trouser's utility: "tpm_takeownership -u -z".
22
23Usage:
24 keyctl add trusted name "new keylen [options]" ring
25 keyctl add trusted name "load hex_blob [pcrlock=pcrnum]" ring
26 keyctl update key "update [options]"
27 keyctl print keyid
28
29 options:
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30 keyhandle= ascii hex value of sealing key default 0x40000000 (SRK)
31 keyauth= ascii hex auth for sealing key default 0x00...i
32 (40 ascii zeros)
33 blobauth= ascii hex auth for sealed data default 0x00...
34 (40 ascii zeros)
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35 pcrinfo= ascii hex of PCR_INFO or PCR_INFO_LONG (no default)
36 pcrlock= pcr number to be extended to "lock" blob
37 migratable= 0|1 indicating permission to reseal to new PCR values,
38 default 1 (resealing allowed)
39 hash= hash algorithm name as a string. For TPM 1.x the only
40 allowed value is sha1. For TPM 2.x the allowed values
41 are sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512 and sm3-256.
42 policydigest= digest for the authorization policy. must be calculated
43 with the same hash algorithm as specified by the 'hash='
44 option.
45 policyhandle= handle to an authorization policy session that defines the
46 same policy and with the same hash algorithm as was used to
47 seal the key.
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48
49"keyctl print" returns an ascii hex copy of the sealed key, which is in standard
50TPM_STORED_DATA format. The key length for new keys are always in bytes.
51Trusted Keys can be 32 - 128 bytes (256 - 1024 bits), the upper limit is to fit
52within the 2048 bit SRK (RSA) keylength, with all necessary structure/padding.
53
54Encrypted keys do not depend on a TPM, and are faster, as they use AES for
55encryption/decryption. New keys are created from kernel generated random
56numbers, and are encrypted/decrypted using a specified 'master' key. The
57'master' key can either be a trusted-key or user-key type. The main
58disadvantage of encrypted keys is that if they are not rooted in a trusted key,
59they are only as secure as the user key encrypting them. The master user key
60should therefore be loaded in as secure a way as possible, preferably early in
61boot.
62
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63The decrypted portion of encrypted keys can contain either a simple symmetric
64key or a more complex structure. The format of the more complex structure is
65application specific, which is identified by 'format'.
66
d00a1c72 67Usage:
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68 keyctl add encrypted name "new [format] key-type:master-key-name keylen"
69 ring
70 keyctl add encrypted name "load hex_blob" ring
71 keyctl update keyid "update key-type:master-key-name"
72
79a73d18 73format:= 'default | ecryptfs'
4e561d38 74key-type:= 'trusted' | 'user'
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76
77Examples of trusted and encrypted key usage:
78
79Create and save a trusted key named "kmk" of length 32 bytes:
80
81 $ keyctl add trusted kmk "new 32" @u
82 440502848
83
84 $ keyctl show
85 Session Keyring
86 -3 --alswrv 500 500 keyring: _ses
87 97833714 --alswrv 500 -1 \_ keyring: _uid.500
88 440502848 --alswrv 500 500 \_ trusted: kmk
89
90 $ keyctl print 440502848
91 0101000000000000000001005d01b7e3f4a6be5709930f3b70a743cbb42e0cc95e18e915
92 3f60da455bbf1144ad12e4f92b452f966929f6105fd29ca28e4d4d5a031d068478bacb0b
93 27351119f822911b0a11ba3d3498ba6a32e50dac7f32894dd890eb9ad578e4e292c83722
94 a52e56a097e6a68b3f56f7a52ece0cdccba1eb62cad7d817f6dc58898b3ac15f36026fec
95 d568bd4a706cb60bb37be6d8f1240661199d640b66fb0fe3b079f97f450b9ef9c22c6d5d
96 dd379f0facd1cd020281dfa3c70ba21a3fa6fc2471dc6d13ecf8298b946f65345faa5ef0
97 f1f8fff03ad0acb083725535636addb08d73dedb9832da198081e5deae84bfaf0409c22b
98 e4a8aea2b607ec96931e6f4d4fe563ba
99
100 $ keyctl pipe 440502848 > kmk.blob
101
102Load a trusted key from the saved blob:
103
104 $ keyctl add trusted kmk "load `cat kmk.blob`" @u
105 268728824
106
107 $ keyctl print 268728824
108 0101000000000000000001005d01b7e3f4a6be5709930f3b70a743cbb42e0cc95e18e915
109 3f60da455bbf1144ad12e4f92b452f966929f6105fd29ca28e4d4d5a031d068478bacb0b
110 27351119f822911b0a11ba3d3498ba6a32e50dac7f32894dd890eb9ad578e4e292c83722
111 a52e56a097e6a68b3f56f7a52ece0cdccba1eb62cad7d817f6dc58898b3ac15f36026fec
112 d568bd4a706cb60bb37be6d8f1240661199d640b66fb0fe3b079f97f450b9ef9c22c6d5d
113 dd379f0facd1cd020281dfa3c70ba21a3fa6fc2471dc6d13ecf8298b946f65345faa5ef0
114 f1f8fff03ad0acb083725535636addb08d73dedb9832da198081e5deae84bfaf0409c22b
115 e4a8aea2b607ec96931e6f4d4fe563ba
116
117Reseal a trusted key under new pcr values:
118
119 $ keyctl update 268728824 "update pcrinfo=`cat pcr.blob`"
120 $ keyctl print 268728824
121 010100000000002c0002800093c35a09b70fff26e7a98ae786c641e678ec6ffb6b46d805
122 77c8a6377aed9d3219c6dfec4b23ffe3000001005d37d472ac8a44023fbb3d18583a4f73
123 d3a076c0858f6f1dcaa39ea0f119911ff03f5406df4f7f27f41da8d7194f45c9f4e00f2e
124 df449f266253aa3f52e55c53de147773e00f0f9aca86c64d94c95382265968c354c5eab4
125 9638c5ae99c89de1e0997242edfb0b501744e11ff9762dfd951cffd93227cc513384e7e6
126 e782c29435c7ec2edafaa2f4c1fe6e7a781b59549ff5296371b42133777dcc5b8b971610
127 94bc67ede19e43ddb9dc2baacad374a36feaf0314d700af0a65c164b7082401740e489c9
128 7ef6a24defe4846104209bf0c3eced7fa1a672ed5b125fc9d8cd88b476a658a4434644ef
129 df8ae9a178e9f83ba9f08d10fa47e4226b98b0702f06b3b8
130
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131The initial consumer of trusted keys is EVM, which at boot time needs a high
132quality symmetric key for HMAC protection of file metadata. The use of a
133trusted key provides strong guarantees that the EVM key has not been
134compromised by a user level problem, and when sealed to specific boot PCR
135values, protects against boot and offline attacks. Create and save an
136encrypted key "evm" using the above trusted key "kmk":
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4e561d38 138option 1: omitting 'format'
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139 $ keyctl add encrypted evm "new trusted:kmk 32" @u
140 159771175
141
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142option 2: explicitly defining 'format' as 'default'
143 $ keyctl add encrypted evm "new default trusted:kmk 32" @u
144 159771175
145
d00a1c72 146 $ keyctl print 159771175
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147 default trusted:kmk 32 2375725ad57798846a9bbd240de8906f006e66c03af53b1b3
148 82dbbc55be2a44616e4959430436dc4f2a7a9659aa60bb4652aeb2120f149ed197c564e0
149 24717c64 5972dcb82ab2dde83376d82b2e3c09ffc
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150
151 $ keyctl pipe 159771175 > evm.blob
152
153Load an encrypted key "evm" from saved blob:
154
155 $ keyctl add encrypted evm "load `cat evm.blob`" @u
156 831684262
157
158 $ keyctl print 831684262
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159 default trusted:kmk 32 2375725ad57798846a9bbd240de8906f006e66c03af53b1b3
160 82dbbc55be2a44616e4959430436dc4f2a7a9659aa60bb4652aeb2120f149ed197c564e0
161 24717c64 5972dcb82ab2dde83376d82b2e3c09ffc
d00a1c72 162
4e561d38 163Other uses for trusted and encrypted keys, such as for disk and file encryption
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164are anticipated. In particular the new format 'ecryptfs' has been defined in
165in order to use encrypted keys to mount an eCryptfs filesystem. More details
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166about the usage can be found in the file
167'Documentation/security/keys-ecryptfs.txt'.