doc: terminology cleanup in HLD security

- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Security High-Level Design
Introduction
************
This document describes security high-level design in ACRN,
This document describes the security high-level design in ACRN,
including information about:
- Secure booting in ACRN
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Background
The ACRN hypervisor is a type-1 hypervisor, built for running multiple
guest OS instances, typical of an automotive infotainment system, on a
single Intel Apollo Lake-I SoC platform. See :numref:`security-ACRN`.
single Apollo Lake-I SoC platform. See :numref:`security-ACRN`.
.. figure:: images/security-image-HV-overview.png
:width: 900px
@ -85,20 +85,20 @@ These other VMs provide infotainment services (such as
navigation, music, and FM/AM radio) for the front seat or rear seat.
The User VM systems can be based on Linux (LaaG, Linux as a Guest) or
Android\* (AaaG, Android as a Guest) depending on the customer's needs
Android (AaaG, Android as a Guest) depending on the customer's needs
and board configuration. It can also be a mix of Linux and Android
systems.
In each User VM, a "side-car" OS system can accompany the normal OS system. We
call these two OS systems "secure world" and
"non-secure world", and they are isolated from each other by the
hypervisor. Secure world has a higher "privilege level" than non-secure
hypervisor. The secure world has a higher "privilege level" than the non-secure
world; for example, the secure world can access the non-secure world's
physical memory but not vice versa. This document discusses how this
security works and why it is required.
Careful consideration should be made when evaluating using the Service
VM as the Trusted Computing Base (TCB). The Service OS may be a
VM as the Trusted Computing Base (TCB). The Service VM may be a
fairly large system running many lines of code; thus, treating it as a
TCB doesn't make sense from a security perspective. To achieve the
design purpose of "defense in depth", system security designers
@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ before launching.
2) Verified Boot Sequence With UEFI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As shown in :numref:`security-bootflow-uefi`, in this boot sequence, UEFI
authenticates and starts the ACRN hypervisor firstly,and hypervisor will return
to UEFI environment to authenticate and load Service VM kernel bootloader.
authenticates and starts the ACRN hypervisor. Then the hypervisor returns
to the UEFI environment to authenticate and load the Service VM kernel
bootloader.
.. figure:: images/security-image-bootflow-uefi.png
:width: 900px
@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ to UEFI environment to authenticate and load Service VM kernel bootloader.
As long as the Service VM kernel starts, the Service VM kernel will load all its
subsystems subsequently. In order to launch a User VM, a DM process is
started to launch the virtual BIOS (OVMF), and eventually, the OVMF is
started to launch the virtual BIOS (OVMF). Eventually, the OVMF is
responsible for verifying and launching the User VM kernel (or the
Android OS loader for an Android User VM).
@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ signature algorithm.
The well-known image signing algorithm uses cryptographic hashing and
public key cryptography with PKCS1.5 padding.
The 2018 minimal requirements for cryptographic strength currently are:
The 2018 minimal requirements for cryptographic strength are:
#. SHA256 for image cryptographic hashing.
#. RSA2048 for cryptographic digital signature signing and verification.
@ -204,7 +205,8 @@ UEFI Secure Boot defines how a platform's firmware can authenticate a digitally
signed UEFI image, such as an operating system loader or a UEFI driver stored
in an option ROM. This provides the capability to ensure that those UEFI images
are only loaded in an owner-authorized fashion and provides a common means to
ensure platform's security and integrity over systems running UEFI-based firmware.
ensure the platform's security and integrity over systems running UEFI-based
firmware.
UEFI Secure Boot is already supported by OVMF.
:numref:`security-secure-boot-uefi` shows a Secure Boot overview in UEFI.
@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ the UEFI Secure Boot Policy; the platform manufacturer or the platform owner enr
policy objects, which include the n-tuple of keys {PK, KEK, db,dbx} as step 1.
During each successive boot, the UEFI secure boot implementation will assess the
policy in order to verify the signed images that are discovered in a host-bus adapter
or on a disk. If the images pass policy, then they are invoked.
or on a disk. If the images pass the policy, they are invoked.
UEFI Secure Boot implementations use these keys:
@ -236,19 +238,21 @@ And keys and certificates are in multiple formats:
#. `.crt` PEM format certificates for sbsign.
#. `.cer` DER format certificates for firmware.
In ACRN, User VM Secure Boot can be enabled by below steps.
In ACRN, User VM Secure Boot can be enabled as follows:
#. Generate keys(PK/KEK/DB) with key generation tool such as Ubuntu KeyGeneration,
`PK.der`, `KEK.der` and `db.der` will be enrolled in UEFI BIOS, `db.key` and `db.crt`
will be used to sign user VM bootloader/kernel.
#. Create a virtual disk to hold `PK.der`, `KEK.der` and `db.der`, then launch the User VM with
this virtual disk which contains the keys for enrollment.
#. Start the OVMF in writeback mode to ensure the keys are persistently stored in the OVMF image.
#. Enroll keys in OVMF GUI by following the Secure Boot configuration flow and enable
secure boot mode.
#. Generate keys (PK/KEK/DB) with a key generation tool such as Ubuntu
KeyGeneration. `PK.der`, `KEK.der`, and `db.der` will be enrolled in UEFI
BIOS. `db.key` and `db.crt` will be used to sign the User VM
bootloader/kernel.
#. Create a virtual disk to hold `PK.der`, `KEK.der`, and `db.der`, then launch
the User VM with this virtual disk.
#. Start the OVMF in writeback mode to ensure the keys are persistently stored
in the OVMF image.
#. Enroll the keys in the OVMF GUI by following the Secure Boot configuration
flow and enable Secure Boot mode.
#. Perform writeback via reset in OVMF.
#. Sign user VM images with `db.key` and `db.crt`.
#. Boot user VM with Secure Boot enabled.
#. Sign the User VM images with `db.key` and `db.crt`.
#. Boot the User VM with Secure Boot enabled.
.. _sos_hardening:
@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ In the ACRN project, the reference Service VM is based on Ubuntu.
Customers may choose to use different open source OSes or their own
proprietary OS systems. To minimize the attack surfaces and achieve the
goal of "defense in depth", there are many common guidelines to ensure the
security of Service VM system.
security of the Service VM system.
As shown in :numref:`security-bootflow-sbl` and
:numref:`security-bootflow-uefi` above, the integrity of the User VM
@ -274,16 +278,14 @@ following rules:
#. Verify that the Service VM is a closed system and doesn't allow the user to
install any unauthorized third-party software or components.
#. Verify that external peripherals are constrained.
#. Enable kernel-based hardening techniques, for example dm-verity (to
ensure integrity of the DM and vBIOS/vOSloaders), and kernel module
#. Enable kernel-based hardening techniques, for example, dm-verity (to
ensure the integrity of the DM and vBIOS/vOSloaders), and kernel module
signing.
#. Enable system level hardening such as MAC (Mandatory Access Control).
Detailed configurations and policies are out of scope for this document.
For good references on OS system security hardening and enhancement,
see `AGL security
<https://docs.automotivelinux.org/docs/en/master/architecture/reference/security/part-2/0_Abstract.html>`_
and `Android security <https://source.android.com/security/>`_.
see `Android security <https://source.android.com/security/>`_.
Hypervisor Security Enhancement
===============================
@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ Background
The ACRN hypervisor has ultimate access control of all the platform
memory spaces (see :ref:`memmgt-hld`). Note that on the APL platform,
`SGX <https://software.intel.com/sgx>`_ and `TME
`SGX <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/software-guard-extensions/overview.html>`_ and `TME
<https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2017/12/22/intel-releases-new-technology-specification-for-memory-encryption>`_
are not currently supported.
@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ constrained in some manner to prevent the hypervisor from accessing
guest memory space either maliciously or accidentally. As a best
security practice, any memory content from a guest VM memory space must
not be trusted by the hypervisor. In other words, there must be a trust
boundary for memory space between the hypervisor and Guest VMs.
boundary for memory space between the hypervisor and guest VMs.
.. figure:: images/security-image14.png
:width: 500px
@ -343,7 +345,7 @@ The fundamental rules of restricting hypervisor memory access are:
#. By default, prohibit any access to all guest VM memory. This means
that when the hypervisor initially sets up its own MMU paging tables
(HVA->HPA mapping), it only grants permissions for hypervisor memory
space (excluding guest VM memory)
space (excluding guest VM memory).
#. Grant access permission for the hypervisor to read/write a specific guest
VM memory region on demand. The hypervisor must never grant execution
permission for itself to fetch any code instructions from guest
@ -436,7 +438,7 @@ three typical solutions exist:
3. **Use processor SMEP and SMAP capabilities.**
This solution is a best solution because SMAP can prevent the
This solution is the best solution because SMAP can prevent the
hypervisor from both reading and writing guest memory, and SMEP can
prevent the hypervisor from fetching/executing code in guest memory. This
solution also has minimal performance impact; like the CR0.WP
@ -530,7 +532,7 @@ write) access to a data area in guest memory page.
The hypervisor can do these steps:
#. Execute STAC instruction to suppress SMAP protection;
#. Execute STAC instruction to suppress SMAP protection.
#. Perform read/write access on guest DATA area.
#. Execute CLAC instruction to restore SMAP protection.
@ -543,11 +545,11 @@ Rules to Access Guest Memory in the Hypervisor
In the ACRN hypervisor, functions ``stac()`` and ``clac()`` wrap
STAC and CLAC instructions respectively, and functions
``copy_to_gpa()``, and ``copy_from_gpa()`` can be used to copy
an arbitrary amount of data to or from VM memory area.
``copy_to_gpa()`` and ``copy_from_gpa()`` can be used to copy
an arbitrary amount of data to or from the VM memory area.
Whenever the hypervisor needs to perform legitimate read/write access to
guest memory pages, one of functions above must be used. Otherwise, the
guest memory pages, one of the functions above must be used. Otherwise, the
#PF will be triggered by the processor to prevent malware or
unintended access from or to the guest memory pages.
@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ Avoidance of Memory Information Leakage
---------------------------------------
Protecting the hypervisor's memory is critical to the security of the
entire platform. The hypervisor must prevent any memory content (e.g.
entire platform. The hypervisor must prevent any memory content (e.g.,
stack or heap) from leaking to guest VMs. Some of the hypervisor memory
content may contain platform secrets such as SEEDs, which are used as
the root key for its guest VMs. `Xen Advisories
@ -570,10 +572,10 @@ the root key for its guest VMs. `Xen Advisories
memory leaks, ACRN developers can refer to this link to understand how
to avoid this in coding.
Memory content from one guest VM might be leaked to another guest VM. So
in ACRN and Device Model design, when one guest VM is destroyed or
Memory content from one guest VM might be leaked to another guest VM.
In ACRN and Device Model design, when one guest VM is destroyed or
crashes, its memory content should be scrubbed either by the hypervisor
or the Service VM device model process, in case its memory content is
or the Service VM Device Model process, in case its memory content is
re-allocated to another guest VM that could otherwise leave the
previous guest VM secrets in memory.
@ -610,15 +612,15 @@ hypercall invocation in the hypervisor design:
inject ``#UD`` (if the VM cannot issue hypercalls at all) or return ``-EINVAL``
(if the VM is allowed to issue hypercalls but not this specific one).
#. For those hypercalls that may result in data inconsistent intra hypervisor
when they are executed concurrently, such as ``hcall_create_vm()``
``hcll_destroy_vm()`` etc. spinlock is used to ensure these hypercalls
when they are executed concurrently, such as ``hcall_create_vm()`` or
``hcll_destroy_vm()``, spinlock is used to ensure these hypercalls
are processed in the hypervisor in a serializing way.
In addition to the above rules, there are other regular checks in the
hypercall implementation to prevent hypercalls from being misused. For
example, all the parameters must be sanitized, unexpected hypervisor
memory overwrite must be avoided, any hypervisor memory content/secrets
must not be leaked to guest, and any memory/code injection must be
must not be leaked to guests, and any memory/code injection must be
eliminated.
I/O Emulation Handler
@ -629,7 +631,7 @@ emulate legacy I/O access behaviors.
Typically, the I/O instructions could be IN, INS/INSB/INSW/INSD, OUT,
OUTS/OUTSB/OUTSW/OUTSD with arbitrary port (although not all the I/O
ports are monitored by the hypervisor). As with other interface (e.g.
ports are monitored by the hypervisor). As with other interfaces (e.g.,
hypercalls), the hypervisor performs security checks for all the I/O
access parameters to make sure the emulation behaviors are correct.
@ -637,21 +639,21 @@ EPT Violation Handler
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Extended Page Table (EPT) is typically used by the hypervisor to
monitor MMIO (or other types of ordinary memory access) operation from
monitor MMIO (or other types of ordinary memory access) operation from a
guest VM. The hypervisor then emulates the MMIO instructions with design
behaviors.
As done for I/O emulation, this interface could also be manipulated by
malware in guest VM to compromise system security.
malware in a guest VM to compromise system security.
Other VMEXIT Handlers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are some other VMEXIT handlers in the hypervisor that might take
untrusted parameters and registers from guest VM, for example, MSR write
untrusted parameters and registers from a guest VM, for example, MSR write
VMEXIT, APIC VMEXIT.
Sanity checks are performed by the hypervisor to avoid security issue when
Sanity checks are performed by the hypervisor to avoid security issues when
handling those special VMEXIT.
Guest Instruction Emulation
@ -665,7 +667,7 @@ have vulnerability bugs.
Security validation process and secure code review must ensure all the
instruction emulations behave as defined in the `IA32 SDM
document <https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-sdm>`_.
document <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/intel-sdm.html>`_.
Virtual Power Life Cycle Management
-----------------------------------
@ -673,7 +675,7 @@ Virtual Power Life Cycle Management
In a virtualization environment, each User VM can have its
virtual power managed just like native behavior. For example, if a User VM
is required to enter S3 (Suspend to RAM) for power consumption saving,
then the hypervisor and DM processor in Service must handle it correctly.
then the hypervisor and DM processor in the Service VM must handle it correctly.
Similarly, virtual cold/warm reboot is also supported. How to implement
virtual power life cycle management is out of scope in this document.
@ -690,21 +692,21 @@ Later on, if there is a new User VM launch event occurring, DM may potentially a
the same memory content (or some overlaps) for this new User VM.
In the virtualization environment, a security goal is to ensure User VM
isolation, not only for runtime memory isolation (e.g. w/ EPT),
isolation, not only for runtime memory isolation (e.g., with EPT),
but also for data at rest isolation.
Under this situation, if the memory contents of a previous User VM is not
Under this situation, if the memory content of a previous User VM is not
scrubbed by either DM or the hypervisor, then the new launched User VM could
access the previous User VM's secrets by scanning the memory regions
allocated for the new User VM.
In ACRN, the memory content is scrubbed in Device Model after the guest
In ACRN, the memory content is scrubbed in the Device Model after the guest
VM is shut down.
User VM Reboot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The behaviors of **cold** boot of virtual User VM reboot are the same as that of
The behaviors of **cold** boot of virtual User VM reboot are the same as those of
previous virtual power-on and shutdown events. There is a special case:
virtual **warm** reboot.
@ -718,13 +720,13 @@ This typically is fine in project ACRN, because in the next virtual
power cycle, the same memory content won't be re-allocated to another
User VM.
But there is a new issue when secure world (TEE/Trusty) is considered,
because the memory content of secure world must not be dumped by a
But there is a new issue when the secure world (TEE/Trusty) is considered,
because the memory content of the secure world must not be dumped by a
non-secure world User VM. More details will be discussed in
the section on :ref:`platform_root_of_trust`.
Normally, this warm reboot (crashdump) feature is a debug feature, and
must be disabled in a production release. User who wants to use this
must be disabled in a production release. Users who want to use this
feature must possess the private signing key to re-sign the image after
enabling the configuration.
@ -733,17 +735,17 @@ enabling the configuration.
User VM Suspend/Resume
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are no special design considerations for normal User VM without secure
There are no special design considerations for normal User VMs without secure
world supported, as long as the EPT/VT-d memory protection/isolation is
active during the entire suspended time.
Secure world (Trusty/TEE) is a special case for virtual suspend. Unlike
the non-secure world of User VM, whose memory content can be read/written by
Service VM, the memory content of secure world of User VM must not be visible to
Service VM. This is designed for security with defense in depth.
The secure world (Trusty/TEE) is a special case for virtual suspend. Unlike
the non-secure world of User VMs, whose memory content can be read/written by
the Service VM, the memory content of the secure world of User VMs must not be
visible to the Service VM. This is designed for security with defense in depth.
During the entire process of User VM sleep/suspend, the memory protection
for secure-world is preserved too. The physical memory region of
for the secure world is preserved too. The physical memory region of the
secure world is removed from EPT paging tables of any guest VM,
even including the Service VM.
@ -760,7 +762,7 @@ can be used to search for known vulnerabilities.
Platform Root of Trust Key/Seed Derivation
==========================================
For security reason, each guest VM requires a root key, which is used to
For security reasons, each guest VM requires a root key, which is used to
derive many other individual keys for different purposes, for example,
secure storage encryption, keystore master key, and HMAC keys.
@ -783,11 +785,11 @@ multiple child SEEDs for multiple guest VMs. A guest VM must not be able
to know the SEEDs of any other guest VMs.
The algorithm used in the hypervisor to derive keys is HKDF (HMAC-based
Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function, `RFC5869
Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function), `RFC5869
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5869>`_. The crypto library `mbedtls
<https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls>`_ has been chosen for project ACRN.
The parameters of HDKF derivation in the hypervisor are:
The parameters of HKDF derivation in the hypervisor are:
#. VMInfo= vm-uuid (from the hypervisor configuration file)
#. theHash=SHA-256
@ -809,9 +811,9 @@ information.)
On the APL platform, the secure world is used to run a
virtualization-based Trusty TEE in an isolated world that serves
Android as a guest (AaaG,) to get Google's Android relevant certificates
Android as a Guest (AaaG) to get Google's Android relevant certificates
by fulfilling Android CDD requirements. Also as a plan, Trusty will be
supported to provide security services for LaaG User VM as well.
supported to provide security services for LaaG User VMs as well.
Refer to this Google website for `Trusty details
<https://source.android.com/security/trusty/>`_ and for `Android CCD
@ -833,55 +835,55 @@ ACRN, the hypervisor creates an isolated secure world in a User VM.
In :numref:`security-secure-world`, the Trusty OS runs in the User VM secure
world and a Linux- or Android-based User VM runs in the non-secure world.
By design, the secure world is able to read and write to all non-secure
By design, the secure world is able to read and write to all the non-secure
world's memory space. But non-secure world applications cannot have
access to secure world's memory. This is guaranteed by switching
access to the secure world's memory. This is guaranteed by switching
different EPT tables when a world switch (WS) hypercall is invoked. The
WS Hypercall can have parameters to specify the services cmd ID
requested from non-secure world.
WS hypercall can have parameters to specify the services cmd ID
requested from the non-secure world.
To design the "one VM, two worlds" architecture, there is a single
User VM structure per-User VM in the hypervisor, but two vCPU structures that
save non-secure/secure world virtual logical processor states
save non-secure world and secure world virtual logical processor states
respectively.
Whenever there is a WS hypercall from non-secure world, the hypervisor
will copy non-secure world CPU contexts from Guest VMCS to non-secure
Whenever there is a WS hypercall from the non-secure world, the hypervisor
will copy non-secure world CPU contexts from Guest VMCS to the non-secure
world-vCPU structure for saving contexts, and then copy secure-world CPU
contexts from secure-world-vCPU structure to Guest VMCS, then do
VMRESUME to secure-world, and vice versa. The EPTP pointer will also be
contexts from the secure-world-vCPU structure to Guest VMCS, then do
VMRESUME to the secure-world, and vice versa. The EPTP pointer will also be
updated accordingly in VMCS (not shown in
:numref:`security-secure-world`).
Trusty (Secure World) Memory Mapping View
-----------------------------------------
As per the secure world design, Trusty can have read/write access to
non-secure world's memory, but non-secure world cannot access Trusty
As per the secure world design, Trusty can have read/write access to the
non-secure world's memory, but the non-secure world cannot access the Trusty
secure world's memory. In the hypervisor EPT configuration shown in
:numref:`security-mem-view` below, the secure world EPTP page table
hierarchy must contain non-secure world address space, while Trusty
hierarchy must contain the non-secure world address space, while the Trusty
world's address space must be removed from the non-secure world EPTP
page table hierarchy.
Since there is no need to allow Trusty to execute memory from non-secure
world, for security reason, the execution (X) permission must be removed
for non-secure world address space in secure world EPT table
Since there is no need to allow Trusty to execute memory from the non-secure
world, for security reasons, the execution (X) permission must be removed
for the non-secure world address space in the secure world EPT table
configuration.
To save page tables and share the mappings for non-secure world address
space, the hypervisor relocates the Secure World's GPA to a very high
position: 511G-512G. Hence, the PML4 for Trusty World is separated from
non-secure World. PDPT/PD/PT for low memory (<511G) are shared in both
Trusty World's EPT and non-secure World's EPT. PDPT/PD/PT for high
memory (>=511G) are valid for Trusty World's EPT only.
To save page tables and share the mappings for the non-secure world address
space, the hypervisor relocates the secure world's GPA to a very high
position: 511G-512G. Hence, the PML4 for Trusty World is separated from the
non-secure world. PDPT/PD/PT for low memory (<511G) are shared in both the
Trusty World's EPT and non-secure world's EPT. PDPT/PD/PT for high
memory (>=511G) are valid for the Trusty World's EPT only.
.. figure:: images/security-image8.png
:width: 900px
:align: center
:name: security-mem-view
Memory View for User VM non-secure World and Secure World
Memory View for User VM Non-secure World and Secure World
Trusty/Tee Hypercalls
---------------------
@ -894,7 +896,8 @@ Hypercall - Trusty Initialization
When a User VM is created by the DM in the Service VM, if this User VM
supports a secure isolated world, then this hypercall will be invoked
by OSLoader(it could be Android OS loader in :numref:`security-bootflow-sbl` and
by OSLoader (it could be the Android OS loader in
:numref:`security-bootflow-sbl` and
:numref:`security-bootflow-uefi` above) to create or initialize the
secure world (Trusty/TEE).
@ -906,38 +909,38 @@ secure world (Trusty/TEE).
Secure World Start Flow
In :numref:`security-start-flow` above, the OSLoader is responsible for
loading TEE/Trusty image to a dedicated and reserved memory region, and
loading the TEE/Trusty image to a dedicated and reserved memory region, and
locating its entry point of TEE/Trusty executable, then executes a
hypercall that exits to the hypervisor handler.
In the hypervisor, from a security perspective, it removes GPA->HPA
mapping of secure world from EPT paging tables of both User VM non-secure
world and even Service VM. This is intended to disallow non-secure world and
Service VM to access the memory region of secure world for security reasons as
previously mentioned.
mapping of the secure world from EPT paging tables of both the User VM
non-secure world and even the Service VM. This is intended to disallow the
non-secure world and Service VM to access the memory region of the secure world
for security reasons as previously mentioned.
After all is set up by the hypervisor, including vCPU context
initialization, the hypervisor eventually does vmresume (step 4 in
:numref:`security-start-flow` above) to the entry point of secure world
TEE/Trusty, then Trusty OS gets started in VMX non-root mode to
:numref:`security-start-flow` above) to the entry point of the secure world
TEE/Trusty, then the Trusty OS gets started in VMX non-root mode to
initialize itself, and loads its TAs (Trusted Applications) so that the
security services can be ready right before non-secure OS gets started.
security services can be ready right before the non-secure OS gets started.
After Trusty OS completes its initialization, a world switching (WS, see
After the Trusty OS completes its initialization, a world switching (WS, see
subsection below) hypercall is invoked (step 5 in
:numref:`security-start-flow` above), and then the hypervisor takes
control back, and resumes to the OSLoader (step 6 in
:numref:`security-start-flow` above) for continuing execution in guest
:numref:`security-start-flow` above) to continue execution in the guest
VM non-secure world context.
Note that this trusty initialization hypercall can only be called once
Note that this Trusty initialization hypercall can only be called once
in the User VM life cycle.
Hypercall - Trusty Switching
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is another special hypercall introduced only for world switching
between non-secure world and secure world in a User VM.
between the non-secure world and secure world in a User VM.
.. figure:: images/security-image-world-switching-HC.png
:width: 900px
@ -946,31 +949,31 @@ between non-secure world and secure world in a User VM.
World Switching Hypercall
Whenever this hypercall is invoked in User VM, the hypervisor will
Whenever this hypercall is invoked in a User VM, the hypervisor will
unconditionally switch to the other world. For example, if it is called
in non-secure world, the hypervisor will then switch context to secure
world. After secure world completes its security tasks (or an external
in the non-secure world, the hypervisor will then switch context to the secure
world. After the secure world completes its security tasks (or an external
interrupt occurs), this hypercall will be called again, then the hypervisor
will switch context back to non-secure world.
will switch context back to the non-secure world.
During entire world switching process, Service VM is not involved. This
During the entire world switching process, the Service VM is not involved. This
hypervisor is only available to a User VM with duo-worlds supported.
Secure Storage Virtualization
-----------------------------
Secure storage is one of the security services provided by secure world
Secure storage is one of the security services provided by the secure world
(TEE/Trusty). In the current implementation, secure storage is built up
on the RPMB partition in eMMC (or UFS, and NVMe storage). Details of how
RPMB works are out of scope for this document.
Since currently the eMMC in APL SoC platform only has a single RPMB
Since currently the eMMC in APL SoC platforms only has a single RPMB
partition for tamper-resistant and anti-replay secure storage, the
secure storage (RPMB) should be virtualized in order to support multiple
guest User VMs. However, although future generation of flash storage
(e.g. UFS 3.0, and NVMe) supports multiple RPMB partitions, this
guest User VMs. However, although future generations of flash storage
(e.g., UFS 3.0 and NVMe) support multiple RPMB partitions, this
document still only focuses on the virtualization solution for
single-RPMB flash storage device in APL SoC platform.
single-RPMB flash storage devices in APL SoC platforms.
The following :numref:`security-storage` illustrates the virtualization
of secure storage high-level architecture overview.
@ -986,15 +989,15 @@ In :numref:`security-storage`, the rKey is the physical RPMB
authentication key used for data authenticated read/write access between
the Service VM kernel and the physical RPMB controller in eMMC device. The
VrKey is the virtual RPMB authentication key used for authentication
between the DM module in Service VM and its corresponding User VM secure software.
between the DM module in the Service VM and its corresponding User VM secure software.
Each User VM (if secure storage is supported) has its own VrKey, generated
randomly when DM process starts, and is securely distributed to User VM
randomly when the DM process starts, and is securely distributed to the User VM
secure world for each reboot. The rKey is fixed on a specific platform
unless the eMMC is replaced with another one.
The details of physical RPMB key (rKey) provision are out of scope. In
the current project ACRN on APL platform, the rKey is provisioned by
BIOS (SBL) right after production device ends its manufacturing process.
The details of physical RPMB key (rKey) provisioning are out of scope. In
the current project ACRN on APL platforms, the rKey is provisioned by
BIOS (SBL) right after a production device ends its manufacturing process.
For each reboot, the BIOS/SBL always retrieves the rKey from CSE FW
(or generated from a special SEED that is retrieved from CSE FW, refer
@ -1004,20 +1007,20 @@ ACRN hypervisor, and the hypervisor in turn sends it to the Service VM kernel.
As an example, secure storage virtualization workflow for data write
access is like this:
#. User VM Secure world (e.g. Trusty) packs the encrypted data and signs it
#. User VM secure world (e.g., Trusty) packs the encrypted data and signs it
with the vRPMB authentication key (VrKey), and sends the data along
with its signature over the RPMB FE driver in User VM non-secure world.
#. After DM process in Service VM receives the data and signature, then the
vRPMB module in DM verifies them with the shared secret (vRPMB
authentication key, VrKey),
with its signature over the RPMB FE driver in the User VM non-secure world.
#. After the DM process in the Service VM receives the data and signature, the
vRPMB module in the DM verifies them with the shared secret (vRPMB
authentication key, VrKey).
#. If verification is successful, the vRPMB module does data address remap
(remembering that the multiple User VMs share a single physical RPMB
partition), and forwards the data to the Service VM kernel. The kernel packs
the data and signs it with the physical RPMB authentication key
(rKey). Eventually, the data and its signature will be sent to
(rKey). Eventually, the data and its signature will be sent to the
physical eMMC device.
#. If the verification is successful in eMMC RPMB controller, then the
data will be written into storage device.
#. If the verification is successful in the eMMC RPMB controller, the
data will be written into the storage device.
This workflow of authenticated data read is very similar to this flow
above, but in reverse order.
@ -1027,10 +1030,11 @@ Note that there are some security considerations in this design:
#. The rKey protection is very critical in this system. If it is
leaked, an attacker can overwrite the data on RPMB, which
violates the "tamper-resistant & anti-replay" capability.
#. Typically, the vRPMB module in DM process of Service VM system can filter
data access, preventing one User VM to perform read/write access to the
#. Typically, the vRPMB module in the DM process of the Service VM system can
filter
data access, preventing one User VM from performing read/write access to the
data from another User VM. If the vRPMB module in the DM process is
compromised, one User VM may also change/overwrite the secure data of
compromised, one User VM may also change/overwrite the secure data of the
other User VM.
Keeping the Service VM system as secure as possible is a very important goal in
@ -1042,7 +1046,7 @@ SEED Derivation
Refer to the previous section: :ref:`platform_root_of_trust`.
Trusty/Tee S3 (Suspend to RAM)
Trusty/TEE S3 (Suspend to RAM)
------------------------------
Secure world S3 design is not yet finalized. However, there is a
@ -1052,13 +1056,13 @@ Two new hypercalls are introduced: one saves the secure world processor
contexts/states; the other one restores the secure world processor
contexts/states.
The save state hypercall is called only in secure world (Trusty/TEE OS)
The save state hypercall is called only in the secure world (Trusty/TEE OS)
as long as the Trusty receives a signal when the entire system (actually
the non-secure OS issues this power event) is about to enter S3. While
the restore state hypercall is called only by vBIOS when User VM is ready to
the restore state hypercall is called only by vBIOS when the User VM is ready to
resume from suspend state.
For security design consideration of handling secure world S3,
For security design considerations of handling secure world S3,
read the previous section: :ref:`uos_suspend_resume`.
Platform Security Feature Virtualization and Enablement
@ -1071,32 +1075,32 @@ VMs the ability to use those features.
TPM 2.0 Virtualization (vTPM)
-----------------------------
On APL platform, Intel |reg| PTT (Platform Trust Technology) implements TPM
functionalities based on TCG TPM 2.0 industry standard specification.
PTT exposes TPM hardware interface as CRB (Command Response Buffer)
On APL platforms, Intel |reg| PTT (Platform Trust Technology) implements TPM
functionalities based on the TCG TPM 2.0 industry standard specification.
PTT exposes the TPM hardware interface as CRB (Command Response Buffer)
defined in the TCG TPM 2.0 spec.
However, in project ACRN, TPM virtualization doesn't assume it is based
on PTT or discrete TPM; both TPMs (2.0) are supported by design.
Customers are free to use either PTT or discrete TPM (but not at the same
time). PTT, however, is a built-in TPM2.0 implementation in Intel APL
platform, and does not require extra BOM cost (unlike discrete TPM).
time). PTT, however, is a built-in TPM 2.0 implementation in APL
platforms and does not require extra BOM cost (unlike discrete TPM).
Note that the underlying CSE FW/HW implements PTT functionalities,
however, this TPM2.0 feature does not rely on MEI/HECI virtualization.
Note that the underlying CSE FW/HW implements PTT functionalities;
however, this TPM 2.0 feature does not rely on MEI/HECI virtualization.
Unlike regular hardware, implementation of virtualizing a TPM must
address both security and Trust.
address both security and trust.
The goal of virtualization is to provide TPM functionality to each guest
VM, such as:
#. Allows programs to interact with a TPM in a virtual system the same
way they interact with a TPM on the physical system;
way they interact with a TPM on the physical system.
#. Each User VM gets its own unique, emulated, software TPM, for example,
vPCR and vNVRAM.
#. One to one mapping between running vTPM instances and logical vTPM in
each VM
#. One-to-one mapping between running vTPM instances and logical vTPM in
each VM.
SGX Virtualization (vSGX)
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