tpm2_policysecret - Man Page

tpm2_policysecret [Options] [ARGUMENT]

tpm2_policysecret(1) - Couples the authorization of an object to that of an existing object without requiring exposing the existing secret until time of object use.

• -c, --object-context=OBJECT:

  A context object specifier of a transient/permanent/persistent object. Either a file path of a object context blob or a loaded/persistent/permanent handle id. See section “Context Object Format”. As an argument, it takes the auth value of the associated TPM object, a single dash - can be used to read the auth value from stdin. The argument follows the “authorization formatting standards”, see section “Authorization Formatting”.

• -S, --session=File:

  The policy session file generated via the -S option to tpm2_startauthsession(1).

• -L, --policy=File:

  File to save the policy digest.

• -t, --expiration=NATURAL_NUMBER:

  Set the expiration time of the policy in seconds. In absence of nonceTPM the expiration time is the policy timeout value. If expiration value is 0 then the policy does not have a time limit on the authorization.

• --ticket=File:

  The ticket file to record the authorization ticket structure.

• --timeout=File:

  The file path to record the timeout structure returned.

• -x, --nonce-tpm:

  Enable the comparison of the current session’s nonceTPM to ensure the validity of the policy authorization is limited to the current session.

• -q, --qualification=FILE_OR_HEX_STR:

  Optional, the policy qualifier data that the signer can choose to include in the signature. Can be either a hex string or path.

• --cphash=File

  File path to record the hash of the command parameters. This is commonly termed as cpHash. NOTE: When this option is selected, The tool will not actually execute the command, it simply returns a cpHash to be used in an audit or a policycphash.

• ARGUMENT the command line argument specifies the AUTH to be set for the object specified with -c.

The type of a context object, whether it is a handle or file name, is determined according to the following logic in-order:

• If the argument is a file path, then the file is loaded as a restored TPM transient object.

• If the argument is a prefix match on one of:

  • owner: the owner hierarchy
  • platform: the platform hierarchy
  • endorsement: the endorsement hierarchy
  • lockout: the lockout control persistent object
• If the argument argument can be loaded as a number it will be treat as a handle, e.g. 0x81010013 and used directly._OBJECT_.

Authorization for use of an object in TPM2.0 can come in 3 different forms: 1. Password 2. HMAC 3. Sessions

NOTE: “Authorizations default to the EMPTY PASSWORD when not specified”.

foobar
str:foobar

hex:1122334455667788

# to use stdin and be prompted
file:-

# to use a file from a path
file:path/to/password/file

# to echo a password via stdin:
echo foobar | tpm2_tool -p file:-

# to use a bash here-string via stdin:

tpm2_tool -p file:- <<< foobar

session:session.ctx

session:session.ctx+mypassword

session:session.ctx+hex:11223344

pcr:sha256:0,1,2,3

This collection of options are common to many programs and provide information that many users may expect.

• -h, --help=[man|no-man]: Display the tools manpage. By default, it attempts to invoke the manpager for the tool, however, on failure will output a short tool summary. This is the same behavior if the “man” option argument is specified, however if explicit “man” is requested, the tool will provide errors from man on stderr. If the “no-man” option if specified, or the manpager fails, the short options will be output to stdout.

  To successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages to be installed or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.

• -v, --version: Display version information for this tool, supported tctis and exit.
• -V, --verbose: Increase the information that the tool prints to the console during its execution. When using this option the file and line number are printed.
• -Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.
• -Z, --enable-errata: Enable the application of errata fixups. Useful if an errata fixup needs to be applied to commands sent to the TPM. Defining the environment TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent.
• -R, --autoflush: Enable autoflush for transient objects created by the command. If a parent object is loaded from a context file also the transient parent object will be flushed. Autoflush can also be activated if the environment variable TPM2TOOLS_AUTOFLUSH is is set to yes or true. information many users may expect.

The TCTI or “Transmission Interface” is the communication mechanism with the TPM. TCTIs can be changed for communication with TPMs across different mediums.

To control the TCTI, the tools respect:

1. The command line option -T or --tcti
2. The environment variable: TPM2TOOLS_TCTI.

Note: The command line option always overrides the environment variable.

The current known TCTIs are:

• tabrmd - The resource manager, called tabrmd (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd). Note that tabrmd and abrmd as a tcti name are synonymous.
• mssim - Typically used for communicating to the TPM software simulator.
• device - Used when talking directly to a TPM device file.
• none - Do not initalize a connection with the TPM. Some tools allow for off-tpm options and thus support not using a TCTI. Tools that do not support it will error when attempted to be used without a TCTI connection. Does not support ANY options and MUST BE presented as the exact text of “none”.

The arguments to either the command line option or the environment variable are in the form:

<tcti-name>:<tcti-option-config>

Specifying an empty string for either the <tcti-name> or <tcti-option-config> results in the default being used for that portion respectively.

This collection of options are used to configure the various known TCTI modules available:

• device: For the device TCTI, the TPM character device file for use by the device TCTI can be specified. The default is /dev/tpm0.

  Example: -T device:/dev/tpm0 or export TPM2TOOLS_TCTI=“device:/dev/tpm0”

• mssim: For the mssim TCTI, the domain name or IP address and port number used by the simulator can be specified. The default are 127.0.0.1 and 2321.

  Example: -T mssim:host=localhost,port=2321 or export TPM2TOOLS_TCTI=“mssim:host=localhost,port=2321”

• abrmd: For the abrmd TCTI, the configuration string format is a series of simple key value pairs separated by a `,' character. Each key and value string are separated by a `=' character.

  • TCTI abrmd supports two keys:

    1. `bus_name' : The name of the tabrmd service on the bus (a string).
    2. `bus_type' : The type of the dbus instance (a string) limited to `session' and `system'.

  Specify the tabrmd tcti name and a config string of bus_name=com.example.FooBar:

  \--tcti=tabrmd:bus_name=com.example.FooBar

  Specify the default (abrmd) tcti and a config string of bus_type=session:

  \--tcti:bus_type=session

  NOTE: abrmd and tabrmd are synonymous. the various known TCTI modules.

Associate auth value of a sealing object to the owner hierarchy password. * Start a trial auth session and run tpm2_policysecret(1) to create policy that can only be satisfied if owner hierarchy auth value is supplied. * Start a real policy session and provide the owner hierarchy auth value. * Provide the session input where in the policysecret for owner hierarchy auth was satisfied to the unseal tool. * If the policy was satisfied unsealing should succeed.

tpm2_startauthsession -S session.ctx

tpm2_policysecret -S session.ctx -c o -L secret.policy

tpm2_flushcontext session.ctx

tpm2_createprimary -Q -C o -g sha256 -G rsa -c prim.ctx

tpm2_create -Q -g sha256 -u sealing_key.pub -r sealing_key.priv -i- \
  -C prim.ctx -L secret.policy <<< "SEALED-SECRET"

tpm2_load -C prim.ctx -u sealing_key.pub -r sealing_key.priv \
  -c sealing_key.ctx

tpm2_startauthsession --policy-session -S session.ctx

tpm2_policysecret -S session.ctx -c o -L secret.policy

tpm2_unseal -p "session:session.ctx" -c sealing_key.ctx
SEALED-SECRET

tpm2_flushcontext session.ctx

Tools can return any of the following codes:

• 0 - Success.
• 1 - General non-specific error.
• 2 - Options handling error.
• 3 - Authentication error.
• 4 - TCTI related error.
• 5 - Non supported scheme. Applicable to tpm2_testparams.

It expects a session to be already established via tpm2_startauthsession(1) and requires one of the following:

• direct device access
• extended session support with tpm2-abrmd.

Without it, most resource managers will not save session state between command invocations.

Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)

See the Mailing List (https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/tpm2)