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### EFI secure boot feature
This feature consists of two widely used secure boot technologies: UEFI Secure
Boot and MOK Secure Boot.
### Overview
This layer consists of two widely used secure boot technologies: UEFI Secure
Boot and MOK (Machine Owner Key) Secure Boot.
- UEFI Secure Boot is the industry standard defined in the UEFI spec, allowing the
images loaded by UEFI BIOS to be verified with the certificates corresponding to
the trusted keys.
- MOK (Machine Owner Key) Secure Boot is based on UEFI Secure Boot, adding
the shim bootloader to chainloader the next stage bootloader with the integrity
check using the shim-managed certificates corresponding to another set of
trusted keys which may be different than the trusted keys used by UEFI Secure
Boot.
- UEFI Secure Boot is the industry standard defined in the UEFI spec, allowing
the images loaded by UEFI firmware to be verified with the certificates
corresponding to the trusted keys.
- MOK Secure Boot is based on UEFI Secure Boot, adding the shim bootloader to
chainloader the next stage bootloader with the integrity check using the
shim-managed certificates corresponding to another set of trusted keys, which
may be different than the trusted keys used by UEFI Secure Boot.
In addition, this feature introduces the SELoader as the second-stage bootloader
In addition, this layer introduces the SELoader as the second-stage bootloader
and eventually chainliader to the third-stage bootloader "grub". With the
extension provided by SELoader, grub configuration files, kernel (even without
EFI stub support) and initrd can be authenticated. This capability is not
available in the shim bootloader.
Grub bootloader is enhanced to support lockdown mode. In this mode, the
Grub bootloader is also enhanced to support lockdown mode. In this mode, the
edit, rescue and command line are protected in order to prevent from
tampering the kernel commandline or loading an unsigned boot component. Hence,
tampering the kernel command line or loading an unsigned boot component. Hence,
this lockdown protection can effectively defeat the attempts to disable the
kernel security mechanisms. The flexibility is also provided if the user
authentication is enabled. The user authenticated by a password check can enter
into edit and command line.
kernel security mechanisms, e.g, globally disable SELinux or IMA. The
flexibility is also provided with the user authentication in grub. The user
authenticated by a password check can enter into edit and command line.
Therefore, using UEFI Secure Boot, SELoader, and grub lockdown together, the
boot process is completely trustworthy.
Therefore, using UEFI Secure Boot, shim, SELoader, and grub lockdown together,
the boot process is completely trustworthy.
A complete boot flow with this feature is:
A complete boot flow looks like as following:
- UEFI BIOS boot manager (UEFI Secure Boot enabled) ->
- UEFI firmware boot manager (UEFI Secure Boot enabled) ->
- shim (verified by a DB certificate) ->
- SELoader (verified by a shim-managed certificate) ->
- grub (verified by a shim-managed certificate) ->
@@ -38,38 +37,39 @@ A complete boot flow with this feature is:
- kernel (verified by a shim-managed certificate)
- initramfs (verified by a shim-managed certificate)
### Quick start for the first boot
### Quick Start For The First Boot
- Deploy the rootfs
- Boot up the target board
- Power up the system
- Enter to BIOS setup and remove the enrolled certificates
* It is recommended to still turn on UEFI Secure Boot option if allowed.
- Exit BIOS setup and automatically reboot
- Exit BIOS setup
- Manually launch a reboot via ctrl + alt + del again
- Manually launch a reboot immediately via Ctrl + Alt + Del
* Otherwise, a misleading error message about the verification failure
will be displayed.
- Automatically boot to the boot option "Automatic Certificate Provision" in
grub boot menu.
- (Optional) Enter into BIOS setup to turn on UEFI Secure Boot option
- (Optional) Enter to BIOS setup to turn on UEFI Secure Boot option and then
exit BIOS setup
- Boot to the system with the protection provided by UEFI and MOK Secure Boot
### Key Management
Refer to meta-signing-key/README.md for the initial cognition about key
management for UEFI Secure Boot.
management.
Note that the sample key and user key are the concepts in the key signing
model according to the ownership and secrecy. In UEFI Secure Boot, a policy
object such as PK, KEK, DB and DBX is mapped to a key managed by the key
signing model.
object such as PK, KEK, DB and DBX is always mapped to a key useed by the
key signing model.
#### Sample Keys
This feature, by default, use **the sample keys** to sign and verify images for
This layer, by default, use **the sample keys** to sign and verify images for
the purpose of development and demonstration. **Please ensure you know what your
risk is to use the sample keys in your product, because they are completely
public.**
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ The sample keys used for UEFI Secure Boot are centrally placed under
meta-signing-key/files/uefi_sb_keys/.
- PK.crt
The X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI BIOS, used to update/delete PK/KEK.
The X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI firmware, used to update/delete PK/KEK.
- PK.key
The private key corresponding to PK.crt, used to sign the EFI signature
list for PK/KEK enrollment.
- KEK.crt
The X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI BIOS, used to update/delete
The X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI firmware, used to update/delete
DB/DBX.
- KEK.key
@@ -93,17 +93,17 @@ meta-signing-key/files/uefi_sb_keys/.
list for DB/DBX enrollment.
- DB.crt
The X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI BIOS, used to verify the images
directly loaded by UEFI BIOS.
The X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI firmware, used to verify the images
directly loaded by UEFI firmware.
- DB.key
The private key corresponding to DB.crt, used to sign the images directly
loaded by UEFI BIOS.
loaded by UEFI firmware.
- DBX
This directory contains any number of X509 certificate enrolled to UEFI
BIOS, used to blacklist the revoked certificates. The revoked certificates
must be PEM-formatted.
firmware, used to blacklist the revoked certificates. Note the revoked
certificates must be PEM-formatted.
The sample keys used for MOK Secure Boot are centrally placed under
`meta-signing-key/files/mok_sb_keys/`.
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ The sample keys used for MOK Secure Boot are centrally placed under
either directly or indirectly loaded by shim.
- vendor_cert.crt
Used in the same way as shim_cert.crt. In addition, vendor certificate
is the switch to enable shim verification protocol, which facilitates
the verification for the SELoader.
Act as the same way as shim_cert.crt. In addition, vendor certificate
is the switch to enable MOK Verify Protocol, which facilitates the
verification for the SELoader and MOK Manager.
- vendor_cert.key
The private key corresponding to vendor_cert.crt, Same fuction as
shim_cert.key.
The private key corresponding to vendor_cert.crt, acting as the same fuction
as shim_cert.key.
- vendor_dbx
This directory contains any number of X509 certificate embedded in shim,
@@ -135,139 +135,160 @@ the keys owned by the end user.
#### Automatic Certificate Provision
The certificate provision is required to enable UEFI Secure Boot. By default,
the target may be provisioned with the default certificates enrolled during the
manufacture.
the system may be already provisioned with default certificates enrolled during
the manufacture.
In order to use the bootloader and kernel signed by the sample or self-owned
key to boot up the system, this feature provides a process of autmatic
certificate provison for the convenience. Refer to the instructions listed in
the section "Work Flow For The First Boot". The detailed descriptions are
key to boot up the system, this layer provides a process of automatic
certificate provison for the convenience. The detailed descriptions are
given below.
##### Remove the enrolled certificates in BIOS setup
The LockDown.efi application is used to run the provision. However,
LockDown.efi cannot be launched if UEFI Secure Boot is already enabled. In
addition, the enrolled certificates may be not the ones the user hopes to use.
The EFI/BOOT/LockDown.efi is used to run the automatic certificate provision.
However, LockDown.efi cannot be launched if UEFI Secure Boot is already
enabled. In addition, the enrolled certificates may be not the ones the user
hopes to use.
The provisioned certificates can be removed in BIOS setup. The detailed steps
may vary between the boards. Refer to BIOS manual for the details.
The provisioned certificates can be removed through BIOS setup. The detailed
steps may vary between the systems. Refer to the corresponding BIOS manual for
the instructions.
##### Launch the automatic provision
Lockdown.efi will automatically provision UEFI Secure Boot after removing the
the provisioned certificates in BIOS setup. More specifically, the PK, KEK,
DB and DBX (if any) will be enrolled and begin to take affect after a reboot.
##### Launch the automatic certificate provision
The Lockdown.efi will automatically provision UEFI Secure Boot after removing
the enrolled certificates in BIOS setup. More specifically, the new PK, KEK, DB
and DBX (if any) will be enrolled and begin to take affect after a reboot.
The new PK, KEK, DB and DBX (if any) were built into LockDown.efi during the
build.
##### Turn on UEFI Secure Boot option
If UEFI Secure Boot option is turned off, the user has to enter into BIOS setup
after provision to manually turn on the option.
If UEFI Secure Boot option was turned off, the user has to enter to BIOS setup
again after the automatic certificate provision in order to manually turn on
this option.
If the option is already enabled when removing the enrolled certificates in
BIOS setup, this step can be ignored.
If this option was not turned off when removing the enrolled certificates in
BIOS setup, this step is skippable.
##### Re-trigger automatic provision
By default, the "Automatic Certificate Provision" option is hidden in boot
menu for the first boot. If the user would like to clear the certificates
provisioned by the "Automatic Certificate Provision" option in BIOS setup, this
hidden boot option will be shown in boot menu, allowing to re-trigger it when
necessary.
##### Re-trigger automatic certificate provision
The boot option "Automatic Certificate Provision" is hidden in grub boot menu
for the first boot. If the user would like to clear the certificates
provisioned by the option "Automatic Certificate Provision" in BIOS setup, this
hidden boot option will be shown, allowing to re-trigger it if necessary.
### Signing
By default, the build system uses DB.key to sign shim, and uses vendor_cert.key
to sign SELoader, grub, grub configuration file, kernel and initramfs image
during the build.
### Verficiation
### Verification
#### UEFI Secure Boot Verification
UEFI BIOS will validate the integrity of shim bootloader with a certificate in
DB before running it.
#### UEFI firmware verification
UEFI firmware will validate the integrity of shim bootloader with a certificate
in DB before launching it.
#### Bootloader Verification
When the shim loads SELoader and SELoader loads grub, if both UEFI Secure Boot
and MOK Secure Boot are already enabled, the upper bootloader uses a list of
certificate to check the integrity of lower bootloader.
#### Bootloader verification
This layer employs 3-level bootloader for secure boot process. Each former
bootloader must check the integrity e.g, when the
SELoader loads grub, if both UEFI Secure Boot and MOK Secure Boot are already
enabled, the former bootloader uses a list of certificate to check the
integrity of the later bootloader.
- Blacklist check
If the lower bootloader is signed with a key corresponding to a certificate
within any of a policy object below, the boot failure will occur.
If the later bootloader is signed with a key corresponding to a certificate
within any of a policy object below, the later bootloader is denied to
launch immediately, without the necessity to go through the following
processes.
* Vendor DBX
* DBX
* MokListX (MOK certificate blacklist)
* MokListX (the blacklist of MOK certificate)
- Whitelist check
If the lower bootloader is signed with a key corresponding to a certificate
within any of a policy object below, the boot success will occur.
If the later bootloader is signed with a key corresponding to a certificate
within any of a policy object below, the later bootloader is granted to
launch.
* DB
* MokList (MOK certificate whitelist)
* MokList (the whitelist of MOK certificate)
* Shim certificate (only for PE image)
* Vendor certificate
If the lower bootloader is not signed or signed by a key not corresponding to
any policy objects mentioned above, the boot failure will occur.
If the later bootloader is not signed or signed by a key not corresponding to
any policy objects mentioned above, the later bootloader is denied to launch.
The benefit of these behaviors allow the end user to regulate the secure boot
even without the ownership of DB on Microsoft certificated hardware.
The benefit of showing this checklist allows the end user to use an
appropriater way to manage the key and boot up the system, even without the
ownership of a signing key, such as the DB key widely used on Microsoft
certificated hardware.
##### SELoader Verification
##### SELoader verification
The SELoader is designed to authenticate the non-PE files, such as grub.cfg,
kernel (without EFI stub support) and initrd, which cannot be verified by
the verification protocol registered by the shim loader.
kernel (without EFI stub support) and initramfs, which cannot be verified by
the MOK Verify Protocol registered by the shim loader.
In order to conveniently authenticate the PE file with gBS->LoadImage()
and gBS->StartImage(), the SELoader hooks EFI Security2 Architectural
Protocol and employs verification protocol provided by the shim loader to
verify the PE file. If only UEFI Secure Boot is enabled, the SELoader just
simplily calls gBS->LoadImage() and gBS->StartImage() to allow UEFI BIOS
to verify the PE file.
Protocol and employs MOK Verify Protocol to verify the PE file. If only
UEFI Secure Boot is configured and enabled, the SELoader just simplily calls
gBS->LoadImage() and gBS->StartImage() to allow UEFI firmware to verify the
PE file.
The SELoader publishes MOK2 verification protocol which provides a flexible
interface to allow the bootloader to verify the file, file buffer or
memory buffer without knowing the file format.
The SELoader publishes MOK2 Verify Protocol which provides a flexible interface
to allow the bootloader to verify the file, file buffer or memory buffer
without knowing the file format. This design allows the non-PE files to be
verified by the same certificate used for authenticating PE files.
In order to establish the chain of trust, the SELoader is required to be
signed by a private key corresponding to a DB certificate, the shim
certificate, the vendor certificate or a MOK certificate. The specific
key is determined by the secure boot scheme you will use.
certificate, the vendor certificate or a MOK certificate mentioned above.
The specific key used is determined by the secure boot scheme you will use.
See more details about the SELoader in its README file.
See more details about README in SELoader.
#### Grub Configuration File Verification
Grub can call the MOK2 verification protocol registered by the SELoader
to validate the integrity of grub configuration file before parsing it.
#### Grub configuration file verification
Grub is enhanced to have the capability of calling MOK2 Verify Protocol
registered by the SELoader to validate the integrity of grub configuration
file before parsing it.
This protection prevents from tampering the grub configuration file from
disabling certains kernel security mechanism such as selinux, IMA and so on.
globally disabling certains kernel security mechanism such as SELinux and IMA
which are activated in kernel command line.
#### Kernel Verification
When SELoader loads the kernel image with the linux command, if both UEFI
#### Kernel verification
When grub loads the kernel image with the command "linux", if both UEFI
Secure Boot and MOK Secure Boot are already enabled, grub will call the
verification protocol installed by SELoader to validate the kernel image.
MOK2 Verify Protocol installed by SELoader to validate the kernel image.
Alternately, if grub loads the kernel image with the chainloader command,
if both UEFI Secure Boot and MOK Secure Boot are already enabled, grub will
call the verification protocol installed by shim to validate the kernel image.
It is recommended to avoid using the command "chainloader" to load kernel
image. The build system also avoids signing the kernel with EFI-stub
bootloader.
By default, the kernel image is signed by vendor certificate and then signed
again to generate the .p7b signature file.
By default, the kernel image is signed by vendor certificate and generate
the .p7b signature file.
#### Initramfs Verification
When SELoader loads the kernel image with the initrd command, if both UEFI
#### Initramfs verification
When grub loads the kernel image with the command "initrd", if both UEFI
Secure Boot and MOK Secure Boot are already enabled, grub will call the
verification protocol installed by SELoader to validate the initramfs image.
MOK2 Verify Protocol installed by SELoader to validate the initramfs image.
#### Verification Failure
By default, the initramfs image is signed by vendor certificate and generate
the .p7b signature file.
#### Verification failure
Either situation will cause a failure of verification.
- A boot component is not signed.
- A boot component is signed by a key which doesn't correspond to any
certificate in whitelists such as DB and shim-managed certificates.
certificate in whitelists such as DB and shim-managed certificates as
mentioned above.
- A boot component is signed by a key which corresponds to a certificate in
blacklist such as DBX and shim-managed certificates in MOKX.
blacklist such as DBX and shim-managed certificates in blacklist as
mentioned above.
Each boot component may have different verification failure phenomenon.
- If SELoader fails signature check, UEFI BIOS boot manager will print an error
message about the image authentication failure.
- If shim fails signature check, UEFI firmware boot manager will print an
error message about the image authentication failure.
- If SELoader fails signature check, shim will print an error message about
the security violation.
- If grub fails signature check, an image authentication failure message is
printed and the system hangs.
- If a grub configuration file fails the signature check, an authentication
@@ -276,11 +297,11 @@ Each boot component may have different verification failure phenomenon.
- If initrd fails signature check, grub returns back to the boot menu.
### MOK Secure Boot and the shim bootloader
MOK (Machine Owner Key) Secure Boot is based on UEFI Secure Boot, adding
the shim bootloader to chainloader the second-stage bootloader
"SELoader" and eventually chainliader to the third-stage bootloader "grub".
MOK Secure Boot is based on UEFI Secure Boot, adding the shim bootloader to
chainloader the second-stage bootloader "SELoader" and eventually chainliader
to the third-stage bootloader "grub".
[ Quoting: https://github.com/rhinstaller/shim ]
[ Quoting: https://github.com/rhboot/shim ]
shim is a trivial EFI application that, when run, attempts to open and
execute another application. It will initially attempt to do this via the
standard EFI LoadImage() and StartImage() calls. If these fail (because secure
@@ -306,13 +327,13 @@ by Microsoft. Microsoft provides the signing service (not free), but only
accept shim bootloader for Linux world. Refer to [Microsoft's signing policy](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_hardware_certification/archive/2013/12/03/microsoft-uefi-ca-signing-policy-updates.aspx).
It is allowed to remove all default certificates and use the self-owned keys to
provision UEFI Secure Boot, but this is not practical for ODM/OEM devices
during the manufacture phrase. See the section "Out-of-box Experience".
provision UEFI firmware, but this is not practical for ODM/OEM devices during
the manufacture phrase. See the section "Out-of-box Experience".
For a good user experience, shim + SELoader + grub is an excellent combination
to handle Microsoft certificated hardware. With this model, SELoader and grub
are signed by a shim-managed certificate without being subject to the limit from
Microsoft's signing policy, and the manual provision is thus unnecessary.
are signed by a shim-managed certificate without being subject to the limit
from Microsoft's signing policy, and the manual provision is thus unnecessary.
#### mokutil and MOK Manager
mokutil is a tool to import or delete the machines owner keys stored in the
@@ -423,23 +444,23 @@ options to change the operation target from MOK to the following options.
--revoke-import
--revoke-delete
##### Handle MOK Secure Boot Failure with MOK Manager
##### Handle MOK Secure Boot failure with MOK Manager
If either grub or SELoader is not signed or signed with an unauthorized
certificate, the shim will prompt the end user a UI called MOK manager to
certificate, the shim will prompt the end user a UI called MOK Manager to
guide the user to enroll the certificate or hash of the image.
The policy of the selection between digest and certificate for next step is
decided by whether the unauthorized grub or SELoader is signed or not.
If the grub or SELoader is not signed at all, you have to always select
the calculation of the digest based on the file. Note that once grub or SELoader
is updated and its digest is changed, you have to relaunch the MOK manager
to enroll the new digests.
the calculation of the digest based on the file. Note that once grub or
SELoader is updated and its digest is changed, you have to relaunch the MOK
Manager to enroll the new digests.
If the grub or SELoader is signed by an unauthorized certificate, enrolling the
signing certificate is the preferred way. Copy the certificate to the boot
drive and then select the certificate in MOK manager. Note that the
certificate for the selection must be **DER formatted**.
certificate for the selection must be **DER-formatted**.
If doing so, the unauthorized grub or SELoader will be verified successfully
after exiting MOK Manager.
@@ -458,6 +479,13 @@ Rescue mode is always disabled as long as UEFI Secure Boot is enabled.
### Known Issues
- The 32-bit MOK Secure Boot is not validated. In other words, loading 32-bit
shim, MOK manager, grub and kernel is not supported.
- grub module is not supported by SELoader for the integrity check.
### Reference
[OpenEmbedded layer for EFI secure boot features](https://github.com/jiazhang0/meta-efi-secure-boot)
[shim - implement MOK Verify Protocol](https://github.com/rhboot/shim)
[SELoader - implement MOK2 Verify Protocol](https://github.com/jiazhang0/SELoader)
[grub - Mok2Verify patch](https://github.com/jiazhang0/meta-secure-core/blob/master/meta-efi-secure-boot/recipes-bsp/grub/grub-efi/mok2verify-support-to-verify-non-PE-file-with-PKCS-7.patch)
[SecureCore - a reference implementation based on OpenEmbedded](https://github.com/jiazhang0/SecureCore)