| commit | 6093c5099f673a2f274acfbd9e6b17a9bf76843d | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com> | Wed May 08 18:36:39 2019 +0200 |
| committer | Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com> | Tue Apr 28 01:20:43 2020 +0000 |
| tree | b5b5870f171ca66285ea529f7059ec3efc2f1a79 | |
| parent | 78feacc44057916161365d079ae92aa0baa679f8 [diff] |
security/lockdown: Write-protect WP_RO Allow to write protect only the WP_RO region in case of enabled VBOOT. One can either lock the boot device in VERSTAGE early if VBOOT is enabled, or late in RAMSTAGE. Both options have their downsides as explained below. Lock early if you don't trust the code that's stored in the writeable flash partition. This prevents write-protecting the MRC cache, which is written in ramstage. In case the contents of the MRC cache are corrupted this can lead to system instability or trigger unwanted code flows inside the firmware. Lock late if you trust the code that's stored in the writeable flash partition. This allows write-protecting the MRC cache, but if a vulnerability is found in the code of the writeable partition an attacker might be able to overwrite the whole flash as it hasn't been locked yet. Change-Id: I72c3e1a0720514b9b85b0433944ab5fb7109b2a2 Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Walter <christian.walter@9elements.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/32705 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com>
coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.
With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.
After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.
See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.
coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
For details please consult:
ANY_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).Optional:
make menuconfig and make nconfig)Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.
If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.
Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.
Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.
This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.