[edk2-devel] [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1 0/9] Add the VariablePolicy feature

Yao, Jiewen jiewen.yao at intel.com
Wed Apr 15 02:59:28 UTC 2020


Cool. Thank you Bret!

From: Bret Barkelew <Bret.Barkelew at microsoft.com>
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To: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki at outlook.com>; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen.yao at intel.com>; devel at edk2.groups.io
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Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1 0/9] Add the VariablePolicy feature

Jiewen,

Thanks (as always 😉) for the feedback! I’ll consider how best to address this and provide an update later this week after some others have had a chance to look at it.

- Bret

From: Michael Kubacki<mailto:michael.kubacki at outlook.com>
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1 0/9] Add the VariablePolicy feature

This particular series was Bret's work so I'll let him speak to it.

Thanks,
Michael

On 4/10/2020 7:24 PM, Yao, Jiewen wrote:
> Hi Michael
> Thanks for the work.
>
> I remember the feedback before that I have concern on having an API to *DisableVariablePolicy*, and I prefer we have a way to disable the *DisableVariablePolicy*.
>
> May I know how that is addressed in this patch?
>
> Thank you
> Yao Jiewen
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: michael.kubacki at outlook.com<mailto:michael.kubacki at outlook.com> <michael.kubacki at outlook.com<mailto:michael.kubacki at outlook.com>>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 2:36 AM
>> To: devel at edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel at edk2.groups.io>
>> Cc: Yao, Jiewen <jiewen.yao at intel.com<mailto:jiewen.yao at intel.com>>; Zhang, Chao B
>> <chao.b.zhang at intel.com<mailto:chao.b.zhang at intel.com>>; Wang, Jian J <jian.j.wang at intel.com<mailto:jian.j.wang at intel.com>>; Wu, Hao A
>> <hao.a.wu at intel.com<mailto:hao.a.wu at intel.com>>; Gao, Liming <liming.gao at intel.com<mailto:liming.gao at intel.com>>
>> Subject: [PATCH v1 0/9] Add the VariablePolicy feature
>>
>> From: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki at microsoft.com<mailto:michael.kubacki at microsoft.com>>
>>
>> REF:https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugzilla.tianocore.org%2Fshow_bug.cgi%3Fid%3D2522&data=02%7C01%7CBret.Barkelew%40microsoft.com%7Ce2e70011eb234e05925108d7dfce776d%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637223950173802418&sdata=qALCkFg05umllXL46sG5nAMmst99oyLYbyGSsqEWYtY%3D&reserved=0
>>
>> The 9 patches in this series add the VariablePolicy feature to the core,
>> deprecate Edk2VarLock (while adding a compatibility layer to reduce code
>> churn), and integrate the VariablePolicy libraries and protocols into
>> Variable Services.
>>
>> Since the integration requires multiple changes, including adding libraries,
>> a protocol, an SMI communication handler, and VariableServices integration,
>> the patches are broken up by individual library additions and then a final
>> integration. Security-sensitive changes like bypassing Authenticated
>> Variable enforcement are also broken out into individual patches so that
>> attention can be called directly to them.
>>
>> The discussion of the feature can be found in multiple places throughout
>> the last year on the RFC channel, staging branches, and in devel.
>>
>> Most recently, this subject was discussed in this thread:
>> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedk2.groups.io%2Fg%2Fdevel%2Fmessage%2F53712&data=02%7C01%7CBret.Barkelew%40microsoft.com%7Ce2e70011eb234e05925108d7dfce776d%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637223950173802418&sdata=HupEk9iq0qxeXA5NYCNFoUV0uXa%2BvqYV81UX76bH9eQ%3D&reserved=0
>> (the code branches shared in that discussion are now out of date, but the
>> whitepapers and discussion are relevant).
>>
>> On a separate note, shallow threading might not work on this patch series
>> due to changes made by the SMTP server. Please bear with me while I am
>> investigating if this can be changed.
>>
>> Cc: Jiewen Yao <jiewen.yao at intel.com<mailto:jiewen.yao at intel.com>>
>> Cc: Chao Zhang <chao.b.zhang at intel.com<mailto:chao.b.zhang at intel.com>>
>> Cc: Jian J Wang <jian.j.wang at intel.com<mailto:jian.j.wang at intel.com>>
>> Cc: Hao A Wu <hao.a.wu at intel.com<mailto:hao.a.wu at intel.com>>
>> Cc: Liming Gao <liming.gao at intel.com<mailto:liming.gao at intel.com>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bret Barkelew <brbarkel at microsoft.com<mailto:brbarkel at microsoft.com>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki at microsoft.com<mailto:michael.kubacki at microsoft.com>>
>>
>> Bret Barkelew (9):
>>    MdeModulePkg: Define the VariablePolicy protocol interface
>>    MdeModulePkg: Define the VariablePolicyLib
>>    MdeModulePkg: Define the VariablePolicyHelperLib
>>    MdeModulePkg: Define the VarCheckPolicyLib and SMM interface
>>    MdeModulePkg: Connect VariablePolicy business logic to
>>      VariableServices
>>    MdeModulePkg: Allow VariablePolicy state to delete protected variables
>>    SecurityPkg: Allow VariablePolicy state to delete authenticated
>>      variables
>>    MdeModulePkg: Change TCG MOR variables to use VariablePolicy
>>    MdeModulePkg: Drop VarLock from RuntimeDxe variable driver
>>
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VarCheckPolicyLib/VarCheckPolicyLib.c
>> |  211 ++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib/VariablePolicyHelperLib.c
>> |  396 ++++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyLib.c                               |
>> 773 +++++++
>>
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyUnitTest/VariablePolicy
>> UnitTest.c   | 2285 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/TcgMorLockDxe.c
>> |   52 +-
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/TcgMorLockSmm.c
>> |   60 +-
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VarCheck.c
>> |   49 +-
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableDxe.c
>> |   51 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableLockRequstToLock.c
>> |   71 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariablePolicySmmDxe.c
>> |  445 ++++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmmRuntimeDxe.c
>> |   15 +
>>   SecurityPkg/Library/AuthVariableLib/AuthService.c                                        |   22
>> +-
>>   MdeModulePkg/Include/Guid/VarCheckPolicyMmi.h                                            |
>> 43 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Include/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib.h                                   |
>> 164 ++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Include/Library/VariablePolicyLib.h                                         |  206
>> ++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/VariablePolicy.h                                           |  156
>> ++
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VarCheckPolicyLib/VarCheckPolicyLib.inf
>> |   44 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VarCheckPolicyLib/VarCheckPolicyLib.uni
>> |   12 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib/VariablePolicyHelperLib.inf
>> |   36 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib/VariablePolicyHelperLib.uni
>> |   12 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyLib.inf                             |
>> 38 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyLib.uni
>> |   12 +
>>
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyUnitTest/VariablePolicy
>> UnitTest.inf |   41 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dec                                                            |   17 +-
>>   MdeModulePkg/MdeModulePkg.dsc                                                            |    7 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Test/MdeModulePkgHostTest.dsc                                               |
>> 8 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
>> |    5 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
>> |    4 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmmRuntimeDxe.inf
>> |    8 +
>>   MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableStandaloneMm.inf
>> |    4 +
>>   SecurityPkg/Library/AuthVariableLib/AuthVariableLib.inf                                  |    2
>> +
>>   31 files changed, 5172 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VarCheckPolicyLib/VarCheckPolicyLib.c
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib/VariablePolicyHelperLib.c
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyLib.c
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyUnitTest/VariablePolicy
>> UnitTest.c
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableLockRequstToLock.c
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariablePolicySmmDxe.c
>>   create mode 100644 MdeModulePkg/Include/Guid/VarCheckPolicyMmi.h
>>   create mode 100644 MdeModulePkg/Include/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib.h
>>   create mode 100644 MdeModulePkg/Include/Library/VariablePolicyLib.h
>>   create mode 100644 MdeModulePkg/Include/Protocol/VariablePolicy.h
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VarCheckPolicyLib/VarCheckPolicyLib.inf
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VarCheckPolicyLib/VarCheckPolicyLib.uni
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib/VariablePolicyHelperLib.inf
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyHelperLib/VariablePolicyHelperLib.uni
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyLib.inf
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyLib.uni
>>   create mode 100644
>> MdeModulePkg/Library/VariablePolicyLib/VariablePolicyUnitTest/VariablePolicy
>> UnitTest.inf
>>
>> --
>> 2.16.3.windows.1
>


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