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authorStefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>2021-06-29 17:34:21 -0400
committerJarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>2021-08-23 19:55:42 +0300
commita4aed36ed5924a05ecfadc470584188bfba2b928 (patch)
treefa716ef69d3f3ff29aeae2019b6c74164eac5557 /certs
parentea35e0d5df6c92fa2e124bb1b91d09b2240715ba (diff)
downloadlinux-a4aed36ed5924a05ecfadc470584188bfba2b928.tar.gz
certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules
Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules. It uses
a NIST P384 (secp384r1) key if the user chooses an elliptic curve key
and will have ECDSA support built into the kernel.

Note: A developer choosing an ECDSA key for signing modules should still
delete the signing key (rm certs/signing_key.*) when building an older
version of a kernel that only supports RSA keys. Unless kbuild automati-
cally detects and generates a new kernel module key, ECDSA-signed kernel
modules will fail signature verification.

Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'certs')
-rw-r--r--certs/Kconfig26
-rw-r--r--certs/Makefile13
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/certs/Kconfig b/certs/Kconfig
index f4e61116f94e..ae7f2e876a31 100644
--- a/certs/Kconfig
+++ b/certs/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,32 @@ config MODULE_SIG_KEY
          then the kernel will automatically generate the private key and
          certificate as described in Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
 
+choice
+	prompt "Type of module signing key to be generated"
+	default MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_RSA
+	help
+	 The type of module signing key type to generate. This option
+	 does not apply if a #PKCS11 URI is used.
+
+config MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_RSA
+	bool "RSA"
+	depends on MODULE_SIG || (IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG && MODULES)
+	help
+	 Use an RSA key for module signing.
+
+config MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_ECDSA
+	bool "ECDSA"
+	select CRYPTO_ECDSA
+	depends on MODULE_SIG || (IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG && MODULES)
+	help
+	 Use an elliptic curve key (NIST P384) for module signing. Consider
+	 using a strong hash like sha256 or sha384 for hashing modules.
+
+	 Note: Remove all ECDSA signing keys, e.g. certs/signing_key.pem,
+	 when falling back to building Linux 5.14 and older kernels.
+
+endchoice
+
 config SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING
 	bool "Provide system-wide ring of trusted keys"
 	depends on KEYS
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index f9344e52ecda..279433783b10 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -66,9 +66,21 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY),"certs/signing_key.pem")
 
 ifeq ($(openssl_available),yes)
 X509TEXT=$(shell openssl x509 -in "certs/signing_key.pem" -text 2>/dev/null)
+endif
 
+# Support user changing key type
+ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_ECDSA
+keytype_openssl = -newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:secp384r1
+ifeq ($(openssl_available),yes)
+$(if $(findstring id-ecPublicKey,$(X509TEXT)),,$(shell rm -f "certs/signing_key.pem"))
+endif
+endif # CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_ECDSA
+
+ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_RSA
+ifeq ($(openssl_available),yes)
 $(if $(findstring rsaEncryption,$(X509TEXT)),,$(shell rm -f "certs/signing_key.pem"))
 endif
+endif # CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY_TYPE_RSA
 
 $(obj)/signing_key.pem: $(obj)/x509.genkey
 	@$(kecho) "###"
@@ -83,6 +95,7 @@ $(obj)/signing_key.pem: $(obj)/x509.genkey
 		-batch -x509 -config $(obj)/x509.genkey \
 		-outform PEM -out $(obj)/signing_key.pem \
 		-keyout $(obj)/signing_key.pem \
+		$(keytype_openssl) \
 		$($(quiet)redirect_openssl)
 	@$(kecho) "###"
 	@$(kecho) "### Key pair generated."