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Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands

From Ken Goldman <kgold@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands
Date 2017-03-20 23:50 +0100
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On 3/20/2017 5:54 AM, Alexander.Steffen@infineon.com wrote:
>
> There are a few special cases that need some thought though. For
> example, it is possible to use an upgrade to switch the TPM family
> from 1.2 to 2.0 (or vice versa). In this case it seems useful to let
> the kernel reinitialize the TPM driver, so it uses the correct
> timeouts for communication, activates the correct features (resource
> manager or not?), etc., without needing to reboot the system.

In practice, would a TPM upgrade from TPM 1.2 to TPM 2.0 even occur 
without a reboot?  Is it an important use case?

1 - It would leave the SHA-256 PCRs in the reset state.

2 - It's possible that this upgrade would also require a BIOS upgrade.

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RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands <Alexander.Steffen@infineon.com> - 2017-03-17 17:00 +0100
  Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2017-03-17 17:20 +0100
    RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands <Peter.Huewe@infineon.com> - 2017-03-17 17:40 +0100
      RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands <Alexander.Steffen@infineon.com> - 2017-03-20 11:00 +0100
        Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2017-03-20 18:30 +0100
        Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands Ken Goldman <kgold@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-03-20 23:50 +0100
          RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands <Alexander.Steffen@infineon.com> - 2017-03-21 17:00 +0100
  Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-17 21:50 +0100
    RE: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands <Alexander.Steffen@infineon.com> - 2017-03-20 11:00 +0100
      Re: [tpmdd-devel] [PATCH v3 2/7] tpm: validate TPM 2.0 commands Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-27 07:30 +0200

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