systemd-measuresystemdsystemd-measure1systemd-measurePre-calculate and sign expected TPM2 PCR values for booted unified kernel images/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-measure OPTIONSDescriptionNote: this command is experimental for now. While it is likely to become a regular component of
systemd, it might still change in behaviour and interface.systemd-measure is a tool that may be used to pre-calculate and sign the
expected TPM2 PCR 11 values that should be seen when a unified Linux kernel image based on
systemd-stub7 is
booted up. It accepts paths to the ELF kernel image file, initial ram disk image file, devicetree file,
kernel command line file,
os-release5 file, boot
splash file, and TPM2 PCR PEM public key file that make up the unified kernel image, and determines the
PCR values expected to be in place after booting the image. Calculation starts with a zero-initialized
PCR 11, and is executed in a fashion compatible with what systemd-stub does at
boot. The result may optionally be signed cryptographically, to allow TPM2 policies that can only be
unlocked if a certain set of kernels is booted, for which such a PCR signature can be provided.CommandsThe following commands are understood:statusThis is the default command if none is specified. This queries the local system's
TPM2 PCR 11+12+13 values and displays them. The data is written in a similar format as the
calculate command below, and may be used to quickly compare expectation with
reality.calculatePre-calculate the expected values seen in PCR register 11 after boot-up of a unified
kernel image consisting of the components specified with ,
, , ,
, , see below. Only
is mandatory. (Alternatively, specify to use the
current values of PCR register 11 instead.)signAs with the calculate command, pre-calculate the expected value
seen in TPM2 PCR register 11 after boot-up of a unified kernel image. Then, cryptographically sign
the resulting values with the private/public key pair (RSA) configured via
and . This will write a JSON object to
standard output that contains signatures for all specified PCR banks (see
) below, which may be used to unlock encrypted credentials (see
systemd-creds1) or
LUKS volumes (see
systemd-cryptsetup@.service8). This
allows binding secrets to a set of kernels for which such PCR 11 signatures can be provided.Note that a TPM2 device must be available for this signing to take place, even though the
result is not tied to any TPM2 device or its state.OptionsThe following options are understood:When used with the calculate or sign verb,
configures the files to read the unified kernel image components from. Each option corresponds with
the equally named section in the unified kernel PE file. The switch expects
the path to the ELF kernel file that the unified PE kernel will wrap. All switches except
are optional. Each option may be used at most once.When used with the calculate or sign verb,
takes the PCR 11 values currently in effect for the system (which should typically reflect the hashes
of the currently booted kernel). This can be used in place of and the other
switches listed above.Controls the PCR banks to pre-calculate the PCR values for – in case
calculate or sign is invoked –, or the banks to show in the
status output. May be used more then once to specify multiple banks. If not
specified, defaults to the four banks sha1, sha256,
sha384, sha512.These switches take paths to a pair of PEM encoded RSA key files, for use with
the sign command.Note the difference between the and
switches. The former selects the data to include in the .pcrpkey PE section of the
unified kernel image, the latter picks the public key of the key pair used to sign the resulting PCR
11 values. The former is the key that the booted system will likely use to lock disk and credential
encryption to, the latter is the key used for unlocking such resources again. Hence, typically the
same PEM key should be supplied in both cases.PATHControls which TPM2 device to use. Expects a device node path referring to the TPM2
chip (e.g. /dev/tpmrm0). Alternatively the special value auto
may be specified, in order to automatically determine the device node of a suitable TPM2 device (of
which there must be exactly one). The special value list may be used to enumerate
all suitable TPM2 devices currently discovered.ExamplesGenerate a unified kernel image, and calculate the expected TPM PCR 11 value# objcopy \
--add-section .linux=vmlinux --change-section-vma .linux=0x2000000 \
--add-section .osrel=os-release.txt --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
--add-section .cmdline=cmdline.txt --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
--add-section .initrd=initrd.cpio --change-section-vma .initrd=0x3000000 \
--add-section .splash=splash.bmp --change-section-vma .splash=0x100000 \
--add-section .dtb=devicetree.dtb --change-section-vma .dtb=0x40000 \
/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub \
foo.efi
# systemd-measure calculate \
--linux=vmlinux \
--osrel=os-release.txt \
--cmdline=cmdline.txt \
--initrd=initrd.cpio \
--splash=splash.bmp \
--dtb=devicetree.dtb
11:sha1=d775a7b4482450ac77e03ee19bda90bd792d6ec7
11:sha256=bc6170f9ce28eb051ab465cd62be8cf63985276766cf9faf527ffefb66f45651
11:sha384=1cf67dff4757e61e5a73d2a21a6694d668629bbc3761747d493f7f49ad720be02fd07263e1f93061243aec599d1ee4b4
11:sha512=8e79acd3ddbbc8282e98091849c3530f996303c8ac8e87a3b2378b71c8b3a6e86d5c4f41ecea9e1517090c3e8ec0c714821032038f525f744960bcd082d937da
Generate a private/public key pair, and a unified kernel image, and a TPM PCR 11 signature for
it, and embed the signature and the public key in the image# openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 -out tpm2-pcr-private.pem
# openssl rsa -pubout -in tpm2-pcr-private.pem -out tpm2-pcr-public.pem
# systemd-measure sign \
--linux=vmlinux \
--osrel=os-release.txt \
--cmdline=cmdline.txt \
--initrd=initrd.cpio \
--splash=splash.bmp \
--dtb=devicetree.dtb \
--pcrpkey=tpm2-pcr-public.pem \
--bank=sha1 \
--bank=sha256 \
--private-key=tpm2-pcr-private.pem \
--public-key=tpm2-pcr-public.pem > tpm2-pcr-signature.json
# objcopy \
--add-section .linux=vmlinux --change-section-vma .linux=0x2000000 \
--add-section .osrel=os-release.txt --change-section-vma .osrel=0x20000 \
--add-section .cmdline=cmdline.txt --change-section-vma .cmdline=0x30000 \
--add-section .initrd=initrd.cpio --change-section-vma .initrd=0x3000000 \
--add-section .splash=splash.bmp --change-section-vma .splash=0x100000 \
--add-section .dtb=devicetree.dtb --change-section-vma .dtb=0x40000 \
--add-section .pcrsig=tpm2-pcr-signature.json --change-section-vma .splash=0x80000 \
--add-section .pcrpkey=tpm2-pcr-public.pem --change-section-vma .splash=0x90000 \
/usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub \
foo.efiLater on, enroll the signed PCR policy on a LUKS volume:# systemd-cryptenroll --tpm2-device=auto --tpm2-public-key=tpm2-pcr-public.pem --tpm2-signature=tpm2-pcr-signature.json /dev/sda5And then unlock the device with the signature:# /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup attach myvolume /dev/sda5 - tpm2-device=auto,tpm2-signature=/path/to/tpm2-pcr-signature.jsonNote that when the generated unified kernel image foo.efi is booted the
signature and public key files will be placed at locations systemd-cryptenroll and
systemd-cryptsetup will look for anyway, and thus these paths do not actually need to
be specified.Exit statusOn success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.See Alsosystemd1,
systemd-stub7,
objcopy1,
systemd-creds1,
systemd-cryptsetup@.service8