[PATCH] i.MX: hab: write srk lock with hab command

Marco Felsch m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Fri Mar 6 02:26:43 PST 2026


Hi Fabian,

On 26-03-06, Fabian Pflug wrote:
> The write_srk_hash functions already support the flag to write the SRK
> lock, but it is never used in barebox. To prevent an attacker from
> calculating an SRK hash that has the same bits set as the current SRK
> hash, but with maybe more, we lock the SRK hash to prevent turning bits.
> 
> Writing the lock twice will probably result in unusable garbage and the
> hab command itself already is written in a way to write the complete
> hash and not parts of it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Pflug <f.pflug at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  commands/hab.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/commands/hab.c b/commands/hab.c
> index 8ae943a4c8..b8ef770066 100644
> --- a/commands/hab.c
> +++ b/commands/hab.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static int do_hab(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>  	int opt, ret, i;
>  	char *srkhashfile = NULL, *srkhash = NULL;
> -	unsigned flags = 0;
> +	unsigned flags = IMX_SRK_HASH_WRITE_LOCK;

This would fix only the hab cmd, not the C-API. Instead we should fix
the C-API to write the LOCK after the SRK was burned/fused.

Regards,
  Marco

>  	u8 srk[SRK_HASH_SIZE];
>  	int lockdown = 0, info = 0;
>  
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 
> 

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