TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems
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R E TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on F Embedded Systems E R Version 1.0 Revision 72 E February 10, 2020 N Contact: C [email protected] E Published TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems | Version 1.0 | Revision 72 | 2/10/2020 | Published © TCG 2020 TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems DISCLAIMERS, NOTICES, AND LICENSE TERMS THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, DOCUMENT OR SAMPLE. 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TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems | Version 1.0 | Revision 72 | 2/10/2020 | Published Page 1 © TCG 2020 TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The TCG wishes to thank all those who contributed to this specification. This document builds on considerable work done in the various work groups in the TCG. Special thanks to the members of the IoT-SG who participated in the development of this document: NAME AFFILIATION Dean Liberty Advanced Micro Devices Wael Ibrahim American Express Marcus Streets Arm Limited Bill Jacobs Cisco Systems Lukas Jaeger Fraunhofer SIT Monty Wiseman General Electric Company Darren Krahn Google Inc. Graeme Proudler Graeme Proudler Steve Hanna Infineon Technologies Matthew Areno Intel Corporation Sung Lee Intel Corporation Ira McDonald Ira McDonald David Challener Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab Adolph Seema Microchip Technology Paul England Microsoft Rob Spiger Microsoft Dick Wilkins Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Jérôme Quévremont Thales Quentin Thareau Thales Raj Pal U.S. Government TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems | Version 1.0 | Revision 72 | 2/10/2020 | Published Page 2 © TCG 2020 TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems CONTENTS DISCLAIMERS, NOTICES, AND LICENSE TERMS ..................................................................................................... 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 2 1 PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Scope .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.3 Relationship with Other Standards ................................................................................................................. 5 2 THREAT LANDSCAPE........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Examples of Attacks ....................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Attacker Motivations and Capabilities ............................................................................................................. 6 3 GUIDANCE ON SOFTWARE / FIRMWARE UPDATE .......................................................................................... 8 3.1 Secure Development ...................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Secure Update Signing ................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3 Robust Distribution ........................................................................................................................................ 10 3.4 Secure Update Installation ............................................................................................................................ 11 3.5 Post-Update Verification and Attestation ...................................................................................................... 13 3.6 Threats and Countermeasures ..................................................................................................................... 14 4 HANDLING CONSTRAINED DEVICES AND OTHER CONSTRAINTS ............................................................. 15 4.1 Device Constraints ........................................................................................................................................ 15 4.2 System Constraints ....................................................................................................................................... 16 4.3 Application Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 17 5 SOLUTIONS FOR CONSTRAINED DEVICES .................................................................................................... 18 5.1 Isolation ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 5.2 Generic First Update Engine (FUE) .............................................................................................................. 18 5.3 Firmware Update Latch with First Update Engine ........................................................................................ 23 5.3.1 Capability “Restrict updates to minimal FUE” ..................................................................................... 24 5.3.2 Other Capabilities ................................................................................................................................ 24 5.4 Device Identifier Composition Engine with First Update Engine .................................................................. 24 5.4.1 Capability “Verify updates” .................................................................................................................. 24 5.4.2 Capabilities “Failed update detection” and “Recovery from failed update” ......................................... 25 5.4.3 Capability “Decrypt updates” ............................................................................................................... 25 5.4.4 Capability “Measure and attest” .......................................................................................................... 25 5.5 Trusted Platform Module with First Update Engine ...................................................................................... 25 5.5.1 Capabilities “Decrypt updates” and “Tamper protect critical code & keys” ......................................... 25 5.5.2 Capability “Verify updates” .................................................................................................................. 26 5.5.3 Capabilities “Measure and attest” and “Detect failed updates” ........................................................... 26 TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems | Version 1.0 | Revision 72 | 2/10/2020 | Published Page 3 © TCG 2020 TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems 5.5.4 Capability “Restrict updates to minimal FUE” ..................................................................................... 27 6 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 7 SOLUTION EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................... 29 7.1 Capabilities .................................................................................................................................................... 29 7.1.1 Critical capabilities for platform updates ............................................................................................