Hello all,
I'm looking to support "multiple levels" of keys within u-boot's verified boot. I need something similar to UEFI's key enrollment key (KEK) and db/dbx model such that I can support on-line signing of new kernels/rootfs/configurations.
To make this work we need a KEK that is not online (kept in a safe), that can be used to sign expirations (revocations) of on-line signing keys in the case of compromise or private key reveals. I know Chrome's Coreboot verified boot model supports this, wondering if there's any staged / WIP for u-boot?
Off the top of my head I'd imagine this requires extending the FIT to include sets of public keys and a blacklist of keys and expired or bad kernel/rootfs/etc hashes. Then either extending the boot code to inspect multiple FITs or extending mkimage to combine multiple sources to amalgamate a FIT containing the PK-signed set of keys + hashes and the on-line key-signed kernels/rootfs/configurations.
P.S. This may be strongly linked to the need for a TPM to prevent rollbacks. But as far as I can tell, the two features are distinct and a TPM is not completely required for a multi-level key approach to signing FITs.
Thanks!