[PATCH v2] tlv: Add tlv_bind_soc_uid mapping
Jonas Rebmann
jre at pengutronix.de
Mon Nov 17 09:14:06 PST 2025
Particularly when using secure boot with signed TLVs, it may be required
to issue and sign TLVs for specific units. As typically all units of a
board are compiled to validate TLVs against the same key, a "binding"
mechanism is needed if interchange of TLVs across those units must be
prevented. This mapping binds against the UID of the SoC, rendering a
signed TLV with such a field invalid for all but the one unit.
When generating TLVs that use this mapping, the exact case-sensitive
string representation of the SoC UID must be taken into account.
Add the special mapping tlv_bind_soc_uid that aborts TLV parsing if the
supplied string does not match the SoC UID number.
Include this mapping in barebox_tlv_v1_mappings with tag 0x0024 to make
it available in testing and in other setups using the generic tlv
parsers.
Set up tlv_register_default as a late initcall so that it's loaded after
the SoC UID was initialized.
Signed-off-by: Jonas Rebmann <jre at pengutronix.de>
---
Changes in v2:
- Switch to using barebox_get_soc_uid and rename and reword everything
accordingly (serial number -> soc uid)
- Init tlv_register_default as late_initcall instead of device_initcall
- Link to v1: https://lore.barebox.org/barebox/20251112-tlv_bind_serial-v1-1-638cf222553a@pengutronix.de
---
common/tlv/barebox.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
include/tlv/tlv.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/common/tlv/barebox.c b/common/tlv/barebox.c
index 24de3eeaaa..fdba9fa2a5 100644
--- a/common/tlv/barebox.c
+++ b/common/tlv/barebox.c
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include "barebox-info.h"
#include <common.h>
#include <net.h>
#include <tlv/tlv.h>
+#include <param.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
int tlv_handle_serial(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val)
{
@@ -16,6 +20,16 @@ int tlv_handle_serial(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len,
return 0;
}
+int tlv_bind_soc_uid(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val)
+{
+ char *tlv_serial = basprintf("%.*s", len, val);
+
+ if (streq_ptr(tlv_serial, barebox_get_soc_uid()))
+ return __tlv_format_str(dev, map, len, val) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+
+ return -EACCES;
+}
+
int tlv_handle_eth_address(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val)
{
int i;
@@ -169,6 +183,8 @@ struct tlv_mapping barebox_tlv_v1_mappings[] = {
{ 0x0011, tlv_handle_eth_address, "ethernet-address" },
/* A sequence of multiple Ethernet addresses */
{ 0x0012, tlv_handle_eth_address_seq, "ethernet-address" },
+ /* Reject TLVs if device serial number string does not match CPU serial */
+ { 0x0024, tlv_bind_soc_uid, "bound-soc_uid"},
{ /* sentintel */ },
};
@@ -212,4 +228,4 @@ static int tlv_register_default(void)
}
return 0;
}
-device_initcall(tlv_register_default);
+late_initcall(tlv_register_default);
diff --git a/include/tlv/tlv.h b/include/tlv/tlv.h
index 536f61646c..54e3afed45 100644
--- a/include/tlv/tlv.h
+++ b/include/tlv/tlv.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern int tlv_format_hex(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 l
extern int tlv_format_mac(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val);
extern int tlv_format_blob(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val);
extern int tlv_handle_serial(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val);
+extern int tlv_bind_soc_uid(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val);
extern int tlv_handle_eth_address(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val);
extern int tlv_handle_eth_address_seq(struct tlv_device *dev, struct tlv_mapping *map, u16 len, const u8 *val);
---
base-commit: bafc52d7dc93accb213271e3e5c267c4335d8cb2
change-id: 20251112-tlv_bind_serial-b8b24a6fd4a0
Best regards,
--
Jonas Rebmann <jre at pengutronix.de>
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