From: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>
To: Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk@gmail.com>, u-boot@lists.u-boot-project.org
Cc: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>,
Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com>,
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>,
Johan Jonker <jbx6244@gmail.com>,
Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] avb: add board-specific root key provider
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:44:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fr0m2tt0.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727-avb-root-key-pluggable-v1-3-7e27b2b92cc0@gmail.com>
Hi Igor,
Thank you for the patch.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 19:14, Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk@gmail.com> wrote:
> The strongest anchor for the root of trust is a key hash burned into
> hardware (OTP/eFuse), which is inherently SoC-specific and cannot live in
> common code. Give boards a hook to supply it from wherever their hardware
> keeps it.
>
> The default is deliberately fail-closed: a board that has not wired up a
> provider refuses verification rather than silently trusting whatever key it
> is handed. A misconfiguration should stop the boot, not quietly weaken it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Opaniuk <igor.opaniuk@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>
> ---
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 17:14 [PATCH 0/4] avb: make the AVB root key source pluggable Igor Opaniuk
2026-07-27 17:14 ` [PATCH 1/4] " Igor Opaniuk
2026-08-10 9:41 ` Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-07-27 17:14 ` [PATCH 2/4] avb: add OP-TEE root key digest provider Igor Opaniuk
2026-08-10 9:43 ` Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-07-27 17:14 ` [PATCH 3/4] avb: add board-specific root key provider Igor Opaniuk
2026-08-10 9:44 ` Mattijs Korpershoek [this message]
2026-07-27 17:14 ` [PATCH 4/4] doc: android: document the AVB root key source Igor Opaniuk
2026-08-10 9:46 ` Mattijs Korpershoek
2026-08-12 7:44 ` [PATCH 0/4] avb: make the AVB root key source pluggable Mattijs Korpershoek
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