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From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] selftests/tdx: Test GetQuote TDX attestation feature
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:46:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023062805-drove-privatize-ae2c@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c85324480053af20e6f0409e28fbc5e156c54143.camel@intel.com>

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 02:16:45AM +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
> > You really shouldn't be putting attestation validation logic in the
> > kernel.
> 
> Agreed.  The data blob for remote verification should be just some data blob to
> the kernel.  I think the kernel shouldn't even try to understand the data blob
> is for which architecture.  From the kernel's perspective, it should be just
> some data blob that the kernel gets from hardware/firmware or whatever embedded
> in the root-of-trust in the hardware after taking some input from usrspace for
> the unique identity of the blob that can be used to, e.g., mitigate replay-
> attack, etc.

Great, then use the common "data blob" api that we have in the kernel
for a very long time now, the "firwmare download" api, or the sysfs
binary file api.  Both of them just use the kernel as a pass-through and
do not touch the data at all.  No need for crazy custom ioctls and all
that mess :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-28  6:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]       ` <9437b176-e15a-3cec-e5cb-68ff57dbc25c@linux.intel.com>
2023-06-26 18:57         ` [PATCH v3 3/3] selftests/tdx: Test GetQuote TDX attestation feature Dionna Amalie Glaze
2023-06-27  0:39           ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2023-06-28 15:41             ` Samuel Ortiz
2023-06-28 15:55               ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2023-06-28  0:11           ` Dan Williams
2023-06-28  1:36             ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2023-06-28  2:16               ` Huang, Kai
2023-06-28  6:46                 ` gregkh [this message]
2023-06-28  8:56                   ` Huang, Kai
2023-06-28  9:02                     ` gregkh
2023-06-28  9:45                       ` Huang, Kai
2023-06-28  2:52               ` Dan Williams
2023-06-29 16:25                 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2023-06-28 15:31               ` Samuel Ortiz
2023-06-28 15:24             ` Samuel Ortiz

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