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1 systemd-measure
SYSTEMD-MEASURE(1) systemd-measure SYSTEMD-MEASURE(1)
NAME
systemd-measure - Pre-calculate and sign expected TPM2 PCR values for
booted unified kernel images
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-measure [OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
Note: this command is experimental for now. While it is likely to
become a regular component of systemd, it might still change in
behaviour and interface.
systemd-measure is a tool that may be used to pre-calculate and sign
the expected TPM2 PCR 11 values that should be seen when a unified
Linux kernel image based on systemd-stub(7) is booted up. It accepts
paths to the ELF kernel image file, initrd image file, devicetree file,
kernel command line file, os-release(5) file, boot splash file, and
TPM2 PCR PEM public key file that make up the unified kernel image, and
determines the PCR values expected to be in place after booting the
image. Calculation starts with a zero-initialized PCR 11, and is
executed in a fashion compatible with what systemd-stub does at boot.
The result may optionally be signed cryptographically, to allow TPM2
policies that can only be unlocked if a certain set of kernels is
booted, for which such a PCR signature can be provided.
COMMANDS
The following commands are understood:
status
This is the default command if none is specified. This queries the
local system's TPM2 PCR 11+12+13 values and displays them. The data
is written in a similar format as the calculate command below, and
may be used to quickly compare expectation with reality.
calculate
Pre-calculate the expected values seen in PCR register 11 after
boot-up of a unified kernel image consisting of the components
specified with --linux=, --osrel=, --cmdline=, --initrd=,
--splash=, --dtb=, --sbat=, --pcrpkey= see below. Only --linux= is
mandatory. (Alternatively, specify --current to use the current
values of PCR register 11 instead.)
sign
As with the calculate command, pre-calculate the expected value
seen in TPM2 PCR register 11 after boot-up of a unified kernel
image. Then, cryptographically sign the resulting values with the
private/public key pair (RSA) configured via --private-key= and
--public-key=. This will write a JSON object to standard output
that contains signatures for all specified PCR banks (see
--pcr-bank=) below, which may be used to unlock encrypted
credentials (see systemd-creds(1)) or LUKS volumes (see systemd-
cryptsetup@.service(8)). This allows binding secrets to a set of
kernels for which such PCR 11 signatures can be provided.
Note that a TPM2 device must be available for this signing to take
place, even though the result is not tied to any TPM2 device or its
state.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
--linux=PATH, --osrel=PATH, --cmdline=PATH, --initrd=PATH,
--splash=PATH, --dtb=PATH, --sbat=PATH, --pcrpkey=PATH
When used with the calculate or sign verb, configures the files to
read the unified kernel image components from. Each option
corresponds with the equally named section in the unified kernel PE
file. The --linux= switch expects the path to the ELF kernel file
that the unified PE kernel will wrap. All switches except --linux=
are optional. Each option may be used at most once.
--current
When used with the calculate or sign verb, takes the PCR 11 values
currently in effect for the system (which should typically reflect
the hashes of the currently booted kernel). This can be used in
place of --linux= and the other switches listed above.
--bank=DIGEST
Controls the PCR banks to pre-calculate the PCR values for - in
case calculate or sign is invoked -, or the banks to show in the
status output. May be used more then once to specify multiple
banks. If not specified, defaults to the four banks "sha1",
"sha256", "sha384", "sha512".
--private-key=PATH, --public-key=PATH
These switches take paths to a pair of PEM encoded RSA key files,
for use with the sign command.
Note the difference between the --pcrpkey= and --public-key=
switches. The former selects the data to include in the ".pcrpkey"
PE section of the unified kernel image, the latter picks the public
key of the key pair used to sign the resulting PCR 11 values. The
former is the key that the booted system will likely use to lock
disk and credential encryption to, the latter is the key used for
unlocking such resources again. Hence, typically the same PEM key
should be supplied in both cases.
If the --public-key= is not specified but --private-key= is
specified the public key is automatically derived from the private
key.
--tpm2-device=PATH
Controls which TPM2 device to use. Expects a device node path
referring to the TPM2 chip (e.g. /dev/tpmrm0). Alternatively the
special value "auto" may be specified, in order to automatically
determine the device node of a suitable TPM2 device (of which there
must be exactly one). The special value "list" may be used to
enumerate all suitable TPM2 devices currently discovered.
--phase=PHASE
Controls which boot phases to calculate expected PCR 11 values for.
This takes a series of colon-separated strings that encode boot
"paths" for entering a specific phase of the boot process. Each of
the specified strings is measured by the
systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service and systemd-pcrphase.service(8)
into PCR 11 during different milestones of the boot process. This
switch may be specified multiple times to calculate PCR values for
multiple boot phases at once. If not used defaults to
"enter-initrd", "enter-initrd:leave-initrd",
"enter-initrd:leave-initrd:sysinit",
"enter-initrd:leave-initrd:sysinit:ready", i.e. calculates expected
PCR values for the boot phase in the initrd, during early boot,
during later boot, and during system runtime, but excluding the
phases before the initrd or when shutting down. This setting is
honoured both by calculate and sign. When used with the latter it's
particularly useful for generating PCR signatures that can only be
used for unlocking resources during specific parts of the boot
process.
For further details about PCR boot phases, see systemd-
pcrphase.service(8).
--json=MODE
Shows output formatted as JSON. Expects one of "short" (for the
shortest possible output without any redundant whitespace or line
breaks), "pretty" (for a pretty version of the same, with
indentation and line breaks) or "off" (to turn off JSON output, the
default).
--no-pager
Do not pipe output into a pager.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
EXAMPLES
Example 1. Generate a unified kernel image, and calculate the expected
TPM PCR 11 value
# objcopy \
--add-section .linux=vmlinux --change-section-vma .linux=0x2000000 \
--add-section .osrel=os-release.txt --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
--add-section .cmdline=cmdline.txt --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
--add-section .initrd=initrd.cpio --change-section-vma .initrd=0x3000000 \
--add-section .splash=splash.bmp --change-section-vma .splash=0x100000 \
--add-section .dtb=devicetree.dtb --change-section-vma .dtb=0x40000 \
/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub \
foo.efi
# systemd-measure calculate \
--linux=vmlinux \
--osrel=os-release.txt \
--cmdline=cmdline.txt \
--initrd=initrd.cpio \
--splash=splash.bmp \
--dtb=devicetree.dtb
11:sha1=d775a7b4482450ac77e03ee19bda90bd792d6ec7
11:sha256=bc6170f9ce28eb051ab465cd62be8cf63985276766cf9faf527ffefb66f45651
11:sha384=1cf67dff4757e61e5a73d2a21a6694d668629bbc3761747d493f7f49ad720be02fd07263e1f93061243aec599d1ee4b4
11:sha512=8e79acd3ddbbc8282e98091849c3530f996303c8ac8e87a3b2378b71c8b3a6e86d5c4f41ecea9e1517090c3e8ec0c714821032038f525f744960bcd082d937da
Example 2. Generate a private/public key pair, and a unified kernel
image, and a TPM PCR 11 signature for it, and embed the signature and
the public key in the image
# openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 -out tpm2-pcr-private.pem
# openssl rsa -pubout -in tpm2-pcr-private.pem -out tpm2-pcr-public.pem
# systemd-measure sign \
--linux=vmlinux \
--osrel=os-release.txt \
--cmdline=cmdline.txt \
--initrd=initrd.cpio \
--splash=splash.bmp \
--dtb=devicetree.dtb \
--pcrpkey=tpm2-pcr-public.pem \
--bank=sha1 \
--bank=sha256 \
--private-key=tpm2-pcr-private.pem \
--public-key=tpm2-pcr-public.pem > tpm2-pcr-signature.json
# objcopy \
--add-section .linux=vmlinux --change-section-vma .linux=0x2000000 \
--add-section .osrel=os-release.txt --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
--add-section .cmdline=cmdline.txt --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
--add-section .initrd=initrd.cpio --change-section-vma .initrd=0x3000000 \
--add-section .splash=splash.bmp --change-section-vma .splash=0x100000 \
--add-section .dtb=devicetree.dtb --change-section-vma .dtb=0x40000 \
--add-section .pcrsig=tpm2-pcr-signature.json --change-section-vma .splash=0x80000 \
--add-section .pcrpkey=tpm2-pcr-public.pem --change-section-vma .splash=0x90000 \
/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub \
foo.efi
Later on, enroll the signed PCR policy on a LUKS volume:
# systemd-cryptenroll --tpm2-device=auto --tpm2-public-key=tpm2-pcr-public.pem --tpm2-signature=tpm2-pcr-signature.json /dev/sda5
And then unlock the device with the signature:
# /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup attach myvolume /dev/sda5 - tpm2-device=auto,tpm2-signature=/path/to/tpm2-pcr-signature.json
Note that when the generated unified kernel image foo.efi is booted the
signature and public key files will be placed at locations
systemd-cryptenroll and systemd-cryptsetup will look for anyway, and
thus these paths do not actually need to be specified.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemd-stub(7), objcopy(1), systemd-creds(1), systemd-
cryptsetup@.service(8), systemd-pcrphase.service(1)
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