efi_loader: add some description about UEFI secure boot

A small text in docs/uefi/uefi.rst was added to explain how we can
configure and utilise UEFI secure boot feature on U-Boot.

Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
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AKASHI Takahiro 2020-04-14 11:51:54 +09:00 committed by Heinrich Schuchardt
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See doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt for an introduction to FIT images.
Configuring UEFI secure boot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UEFI specification[1] defines a secure way of executing UEFI images
by verifying a signature (or message digest) of image with certificates.
This feature on U-Boot is enabled with::
CONFIG_UEFI_SECURE_BOOT=y
To make the boot sequence safe, you need to establish a chain of trust;
In UEFI secure boot, you can make it with the UEFI variables, "PK"
(Platform Key), "KEK" (Key Exchange Keys), "db" (white list database)
and "dbx" (black list database).
There are many online documents that describe what UEFI secure boot is
and how it works. Please consult some of them for details.
Here is a simple example that you can follow for your initial attempt
(Please note that the actual steps would absolutely depend on your system
and environment.):
1. Install utility commands on your host
* openssl
* efitools
* sbsigntool
2. Create signing keys and key database files on your host
for PK::
$ openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj /CN=TEST_PK/ \
-keyout PK.key -out PK.crt -nodes -days 365
$ cert-to-efi-sig-list -g 11111111-2222-3333-4444-123456789abc \
PK.crt PK.esl;
$ sign-efi-sig-list -c PK.crt -k PK.key PK PK.esl PK.auth
for KEK::
$ openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj /CN=TEST_KEK/ \
-keyout KEK.key -out KEK.crt -nodes -days 365
$ cert-to-efi-sig-list -g 11111111-2222-3333-4444-123456789abc \
KEK.crt KEK.esl
$ sign-efi-sig-list -c PK.crt -k PK.key KEK KEK.esl KEK.auth
for db::
$ openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj /CN=TEST_db/ \
-keyout db.key -out db.crt -nodes -days 365
$ cert-to-efi-sig-list -g 11111111-2222-3333-4444-123456789abc \
db.crt db.esl
$ sign-efi-sig-list -c KEK.crt -k KEK.key db db.esl db.auth
Copy \*.auth to media, say mmc, that is accessible from U-Boot.
3. Sign an image with one key in "db" on your host::
$ sbsign --key db.key --cert db.crt helloworld.efi
4. Install keys on your board::
==> fatload mmc 0:1 <tmpaddr> PK.auth
==> setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i <tmpaddr>,$filesize PK
==> fatload mmc 0:1 <tmpaddr> KEK.auth
==> setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i <tmpaddr>,$filesize KEK
==> fatload mmc 0:1 <tmpaddr> db.auth
==> setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -at -i <tmpaddr>,$filesize db
5. Set up boot parameters on your board::
==> efidebug boot add 1 HELLO mmc 0:1 /helloworld.efi.signed ""
Then your board runs that image from Boot manager (See below).
You can also try this sequence by running Pytest, test_efi_secboot,
on sandbox::
$ cd <U-Boot source directory>
$ pytest.py test/py/tests/test_efi_secboot/test_signed.py --bd sandbox
Executing the boot manager
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