Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] machine/nitro-enclave: Add built-in Nitro Secure Module device

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 09:32:55PM +0600, Dorjoy Chowdhury wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Dorjoy,
> >
> > On 18.08.24 13:42, Dorjoy Chowdhury wrote:
> > > AWS Nitro Enclaves have built-in Nitro Secure Module (NSM) device which
> > > is used for stripped down TPM functionality like attestation. This commit
> > > adds the built-in NSM device in the nitro-enclave machine type.
> > >
> > > In Nitro Enclaves, all the PCRs start in a known zero state and the first
> > > 16 PCRs are locked from boot and reserved. The PCR0, PCR1, PCR2 and PCR8
> > > contain the SHA384 hashes related to the EIF file used to boot the
> > > VM for validation.
> > >
> > > Some optional nitro-enclave machine options have been added:
> > >      - 'id': Enclave identifier, reflected in the module-id of the NSM
> > > device. If not provided, a default id will be set.
> > >      - 'parent-role': Parent instance IAM role ARN, reflected in PCR3
> > > of the NSM device.
> > >      - 'parent-id': Parent instance identifier, reflected in PCR4 of the
> > > NSM device.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >   crypto/meson.build              |   2 +-
> > >   crypto/x509-utils.c             |  73 +++++++++++
> >
> >
> > Can you please put this new API into its own patch file?
> >
> >
> > >   hw/core/eif.c                   | 225 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > >   hw/core/eif.h                   |   5 +-
> >
> >
> > These changes to eif.c should ideally already be part of the patch that
> > introduces eif.c (patch 1), no? In fact, do you think you can make the
> > whole eif logic its own patch file?
> >
> >
> > >   hw/core/meson.build             |   4 +-
> > >   hw/i386/Kconfig                 |   1 +
> > >   hw/i386/nitro_enclave.c         | 141 +++++++++++++++++++-
> > >   include/crypto/x509-utils.h     |  22 ++++
> > >   include/hw/i386/nitro_enclave.h |  26 ++++
> > >   9 files changed, 479 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > >   create mode 100644 crypto/x509-utils.c
> > >   create mode 100644 include/crypto/x509-utils.h
> > >
> > > diff --git a/crypto/meson.build b/crypto/meson.build
> > > index c46f9c22a7..09633194ed 100644
> > > --- a/crypto/meson.build
> > > +++ b/crypto/meson.build
> > > @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ endif
> > >   if gcrypt.found()
> > >     util_ss.add(gcrypt, files('random-gcrypt.c'))
> > >   elif gnutls.found()
> > > -  util_ss.add(gnutls, files('random-gnutls.c'))
> > > +  util_ss.add(gnutls, files('random-gnutls.c', 'x509-utils.c'))
> >
> >
> > What if we don't have gnutls. Will everything still compile or do we
> > need to add any dependencies?
> >
> >
> 
> [...]
> 
> > >
> > > diff --git a/hw/core/meson.build b/hw/core/meson.build
> > > index f32d1ad943..8dc4552e35 100644
> > > --- a/hw/core/meson.build
> > > +++ b/hw/core/meson.build
> > > @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ hwcore_ss.add(files(
> > >     'qdev-clock.c',
> > >   ))
> > >
> > > +libcbor = dependency('libcbor', version: '>=0.7.0')
> > > +
> > >   common_ss.add(files('cpu-common.c'))
> > >   common_ss.add(files('machine-smp.c'))
> > >   system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_FITLOADER', if_true: files('loader-fit.c'))
> > > @@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_REGISTER', if_true: files('register.c'))
> > >   system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SPLIT_IRQ', if_true: files('split-irq.c'))
> > >   system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XILINX_AXI', if_true: files('stream.c'))
> > >   system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PLATFORM_BUS', if_true: files('sysbus-fdt.c'))
> > > -system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_NITRO_ENCLAVE', if_true: [files('eif.c'), zlib])
> > > +system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_NITRO_ENCLAVE', if_true: [files('eif.c'), zlib, libcbor, gnutls])
> >
> >
> > Ah, you add the gnutls dependency here. Great! However, this means we
> > now make gnutls (and libcbor) a mandatory dependency for the default
> > configuration. Does configure know about that? I believe before gnutls
> > was optional, right?
> >
> 
> I see gnutls is not a required dependency in the root meson.build. I
> am not sure what we should do here.
> 
> Hey Daniel, do you have any suggestions about how this dependency
> should be included?

Unconditionally build the crypto/x509-utils.c file, but in that put
file #ifdef CONFIG_GNUTLS, and in the #else put a stub impl of the
method that just calls error_setg().

That way you can compile everything without any hard dep on gnutls,
but if someone tries to use it they'll get a runtime error when
gnutls is not built


With regards,
Daniel
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