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fix(secure_boot): write the rollback counter to its own OTP field - #160

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Summary

Move the rollback counter to its documented OTP field (0x144), which doesn't overlap the recovery secret or any other OTP data in use.

Fixes #159

Type of Change

  • fix — Bug fix
  • test — Add or fix tests

Changes

  • core/secure_boot.c: OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET changes from 0x180 to 0x144.
  • 0x144 is the security_version field in docs/key_lifecycle.md §3.2: base 0x100 plus 0x44. That base matches the keystore's offsets (0x100 and 0x120 key slots, 0x140 revoke mask).
  • 0x144 doesn't overlap the revoke mask (0x140), the recovery secret (0x180–0x19F), the debug lock (0x1F0) or the firmware key (0x200).
  • tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c: add test_update_rollback_writes_only_the_counter_field. It checks the counter bytes land at 0x144 and every other OTP byte, the recovery secret included, is untouched.

Testing

Environment: macOS 14 / Apple clang 15, host build, clean build from the branch tip.

cmake -S . -B build -DEBLDR_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
cmake --build build -j8
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
python3 -m pytest tests/unit -q
  • New test fails on master and passes with the fix: 8/8.

  • ctest: 33/33 passed.

  • pytest tests/unit: 193 passed, 1 xfailed.

  • Unit tests pass

  • New tests added — verified to fail without the fix and pass with it

  • All existing tests pass

  • Commit message follows <type>(<scope>): <description>

  • Branch is based on the latest master

Notes for reviewers

  • Devices already in the field that have written a counter at 0x180 have a corrupted recovery secret that can't be repaired in OTP. This change stops further damage; those units need to be re-provisioned.

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Summary by Sourcery

Prevent rollback counter updates from overwriting the recovery secret by storing the counter in its documented OTP field.

Bug Fixes:

  • Write the secure-boot rollback counter to the dedicated security-version OTP field, preventing corruption of the recovery secret.

Tests:

  • Add coverage verifying that rollback updates modify only the counter field and leave all other OTP data unchanged.

RetriggerView in GreptileConfidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; no actionable issues were found.

Summary

Moves OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET from 0x180 to 0x144, keeping counter writes out of the recovery secret.

  • The rollback counter writes to its own OTP field.

Reviews (1) · Last reviewed commit: "fix(secure_boot): write the rollback cou..." · Reviewed by Greptile

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected where the security-version counter is stored in OTP memory, keeping it separate from the recovery secret. This ensures rollback updates preserve the recovery-secret data while recording the counter in the intended location.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage verifying the counter’s storage location, byte order, and preservation of other OTP data during an update.

eos_secure_boot_update_rollback() wrote the 4-byte anti-rollback counter
at OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET = 0x180. That is where core/recovery.c reads the
32-byte recovery shared secret, so every counter update overwrote the
first four bytes of the secret. OTP bits only move one way: the secret
was permanently corrupted and authenticated recovery locked out.

The OTP map in docs/key_lifecycle.md 3.2 (base 0x100, which matches the
keystore's 0x100/0x120 key slots and 0x140 revoke mask) puts the 4-byte
security_version counter at base + 0x44. OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET is now
0x144, which overlaps neither the revoke mask, the recovery secret
(0x180-0x19F), the debug lock (0x1F0) nor the firmware key (0x200).

test_secure_boot_policy: update_rollback() writes the counter bytes at
0x144 and leaves every other OTP byte, the recovery secret included,
untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The fix updates secure-boot anti-rollback writes from the recovery-secret region at OTP 0x180 to the documented security_version field at 0x144, adds OTP-layout documentation, and introduces a regression test that verifies the write is limited to the counter’s four bytes.

Entity relationship diagram for the secure-boot OTP layout

erDiagram
    OTP_ROOT_OF_TRUST {
        address security_version_0x144
        address revoke_mask_0x140
        address recovery_secret_0x180_0x19F
        address debug_lock_0x1F0
        address firmware_key_0x200
    }
    OTP_ROOT_OF_TRUST ||--|| SECURITY_VERSION : contains
    OTP_ROOT_OF_TRUST ||--|| RECOVERY_SECRET : protects
    OTP_ROOT_OF_TRUST ||--|| REVOKE_MASK : contains
    SECURITY_VERSION {
        address offset_0x144
        bytes counter_4
    }
    RECOVERY_SECRET {
        address range_0x180_0x19F
    }
    REVOKE_MASK {
        address offset_0x140
    }
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Flow diagram for the corrected secure-boot rollback write

flowchart LR
    A[Secure boot rollback update] --> B[OTP security_version at 0x144]
    B --> C[Write four counter bytes]
    C --> D[Recovery secret at 0x180 remains unchanged]
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Flow diagram for the rollback-counter regression test

flowchart LR
    A[test_update_rollback_writes_only_the_counter_field] --> B[Update rollback counter]
    B --> C{Counter bytes at 0x144}
    C -->|pass| D[All other OTP bytes unchanged]
    C -->|fail| E[Test failure]
    D --> F[Recovery secret at 0x180 untouched]
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File-Level Changes

Change Details Files
Relocate the secure-boot rollback counter to the documented, non-overlapping OTP security_version field.
  • Change the rollback offset from 0x180 to 0x144.
  • Document the OTP layout and explicitly identify 0x180 as the recovery secret location.
core/secure_boot.c
Add regression coverage proving rollback updates modify only the four counter bytes.
  • Initialize OTP with a sentinel pattern and verify the counter is written big-endian at 0x144.
  • Verify all other OTP bytes, including the recovery secret region, remain unchanged.
  • Register the new test in the unit-test runner.
tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c

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Major Use the monotonic counter contract for repeated updates.

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Review comments at @core/secure_boot.c:
- Line 26: Bind security_version at OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET to the board’s
monotonic_read and monotonic_increment hooks, and update
eos_secure_boot_update_rollback to use that contract instead of writing the
version directly through eos_hal_otp_write. Add the mapping to the supported
board implementation and update the test to verify successive version updates
with one-way OTP semantics.
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Walkthrough

The rollback counter now uses OTP offset 0x144 instead of 0x180. A unit test verifies the counter’s big-endian bytes and confirms that other OTP bytes, including the recovery-secret region, remain unchanged.

Changes: Rollback counter OTP placement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update and verify the counter offset
core/secure_boot.c, tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c
The rollback counter offset changes to 0x144. The test checks the written counter bytes and verifies that all other OTP bytes remain unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Suggested reviewers: srpatcha, kartikey1306

Merge Risk: Low · up to 71cd4

This change stops the rollback counter from overwriting the recovery secret and writes it to its documented field. The only open point is whether boards with bit-programmed OTP handle repeated counter updates correctly through the existing raw write. That behavior predates this PR and is not established for any shipped board, so the change is mergeable with owner awareness.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 71cd4

The new address removes the rollback writer’s overlap with the recovery secret and matches the documented counter field. No new production entrypoint is added. Hardware programming guarantees and the condition of previously affected devices remain unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated effect is confined to a device’s OTP counter field and its separation from recovery authentication material. Fleet-wide exposure depends on external callers, board mappings, and prior programming history that are not established here.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Recovery authentication continues to obtain its shared secret from 0x180 and rejects unreadable or unprovisioned secret data. The PR leaves this authentication control unchanged while removing the counter writer’s address overlap.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The raw writer still performs one HAL write without checking the previous value, serializing concurrent callers, or verifying readback. These properties predate the PR. The new test checks byte placement and preservation using memcpy-style simulated OTP; it does not establish hardware behavior under repetition, partial programming, or interruption.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Before production deployment, validate the board-specific relationship between raw OTP writes and monotonic-counter callbacks, including field ownership, repeated writes, concurrency, and power-loss behavior. Separately establish disposition for devices whose recovery secrets were previously altered.
Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 4 passed
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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: moving the rollback counter to its own OTP field.
Linked Issues check Passed Directly linked issue #159 requires that the 4-byte anti-rollback counter stop writing at OTP 0x180, the start of the recovery secret read by core/recovery.c (0x180-0x19F), and that it use the securit…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The whole-PR diff against the merge base 41dd5ee changes three areas. (1) core/secure_boot.c: the OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET value changes from 0x180 to 0x144, and the adjacent comment documents the OTP map.…
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Explanation

Directly linked issue #159 requires that the 4-byte anti-rollback counter stop writing at OTP 0x180, the start of the recovery secret read by core/recovery.c (0x180-0x19F), and that it use the security_version field from docs/key_lifecycle.md 3.2 (OTP base + 0x44). The reviewed head sets OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET to 0x144 in core/secure_boot.c. That equals base 0x100 + 0x44. The base matches the keystore layout in core/keystore.c, where key slots sit at 0x100 and 0x120 and the revoke mask at 0x140. This is consistent with the doc table, which lists pubkey_slot_0 at base + 0x00 and pubkey_slot_1 at base + 0x20. The new offset does not overlap 0x140 (revoke mask), 0x180-0x19F (recovery secret), or 0x1F0 (debug lock) as named in secure_boot.c. Unit test test_update_rollback_writes_only_the_counter_field in tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c checks that the counter bytes land at 0x144 and that all other OTP bytes, including the 32-byte recovery secret at 0x180, stay unchanged. The requirement is met in code and covered by an automated test. Minor limit: the docs text reviewed does not state the base 0x100 directly. The base comes from the keystore offsets and the table's relative layout. The test's big-endian byte expectation depends on existing write logic that the diff does not show. Neither point changes the verdict.

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Explanation

The whole-PR diff against the merge base 41dd5ee changes three areas. (1) core/secure_boot.c: the OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET value changes from 0x180 to 0x144, and the adjacent comment documents the OTP map. This is the direct fix for #159. (2) tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c: adds the OTP placement test and registers it in main(). This supports the fix and is in scope. The file defines local constants for the rollback offset, recovery secret offset and size. These are test-local and do not change production code. The test helpers it uses are defined in the same test file. (3) No other files appear in the reviewed changes. Each change connects to the #159 objective, so no out-of-scope change is shown.

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Write the secure-boot rollback counter to its dedicated OTP field

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 🕐 20-40 Minutes

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• Move rollback-counter writes to OTP 0x144 to prevent corruption of the recovery secret.
• Add a regression test confirming counter placement and preservation of all other OTP bytes.
Diagram

graph TD
  Update["Rollback update"] --> Write["HAL OTP write"] --> Version[("Version field 0x144")]
  Recovery["Authenticated recovery"] --> Read["HAL OTP read"] --> Secret[("Recovery secret 0x180")]
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High-Level Assessment

Changing the write offset to the documented security_version field is the appropriate scoped fix. Centralizing the OTP map could be considered separately, but is not necessary to prevent this overlap; the change cannot repair secrets already corrupted on deployed devices.

Files changed (2) +43 / -2

Bug fix (1) +6 / -2
secure_boot.cPlace rollback counter at OTP 0x144 +6/-2

Place rollback counter at OTP 0x144

• Changes the rollback write offset from the recovery-secret address, 0x180, to the documented security_version field at 0x144. Adds a comment explaining the adjacent OTP allocations.

core/secure_boot.c

Tests (1) +37 / -0
test_secure_boot_policy.cVerify rollback writes leave other OTP fields untouched +37/-0

Verify rollback writes leave other OTP fields untouched

• Adds and registers a test that checks the counter's big-endian bytes at 0x144 and asserts every other simulated OTP byte remains unchanged, including the recovery secret.

tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c

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Hey - I've found 1 issue

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## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location path="core/secure_boot.c" line_range="26" />
<code_context>
 #define OTP_KEY_HASH_OFFSET     0x100
 #define OTP_KEY_HASH_SIZE       32
-#define OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET     0x180
+#define OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET     0x144
 #define OTP_DEBUG_LOCK_OFFSET   0x1F0

</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Rollback floor does not advance**

When an external caller raises the floor on a board whose monotonic hooks are separate from raw OTP writes, or a later value requires clearing a programmed OTP bit, `eos_secure_boot_update_rollback()` writes ordinary big-endian bytes directly to OTP, while `eos_rollback_verify()` reads the floor through `eos_hal_monotonic_read()` and advances it through `eos_hal_monotonic_increment()`. The write therefore fails or leaves the checked floor unchanged, despite returning success.

Advance the requested rollback floor through the monotonic HAL interface so updates use the same counter that boot verification checks.
</issue_to_address>

Linked issues

#159 eos_secure_boot_update_rollback() overwrites the recovery secret in OTP · 1 of 1 met

# Requirement Status Notes
1 Store the rollback counter in its own OTP field at base + 0x44, as documented in §3.2. ✅ Met OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET is now 0x144, and the added test checks that only the four counter bytes are written, leaving the recovery-secret region untouched.

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Needs a human reviewer. 1 finding to address first, and the update now writes the rollback value to OTP 0x144, so a wrong address or value could irreversibly corrupt the security-version counter and prevent otherwise valid firmware from booting. Reverting the code cannot restore OTP bits already programmed.

Blocking findings: core/secure_boot.c:26


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Comment thread core/secure_boot.c
#define OTP_KEY_HASH_OFFSET 0x100
#define OTP_KEY_HASH_SIZE 32
#define OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET 0x180
#define OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET 0x144

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🟠 High · Rollback floor does not advance

When an external caller raises the floor on a board whose monotonic hooks are separate from raw OTP writes, or a later value requires clearing a programmed OTP bit, eos_secure_boot_update_rollback() writes ordinary big-endian bytes directly to OTP, while eos_rollback_verify() reads the floor through eos_hal_monotonic_read() and advances it through eos_hal_monotonic_increment(). The write therefore fails or leaves the checked floor unchanged, despite returning success.

Advance the requested rollback floor through the monotonic HAL interface so updates use the same counter that boot verification checks.

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In `core/secure_boot.c` at line 26:

**Rollback floor does not advance**

When an external caller raises the floor on a board whose monotonic hooks are separate from raw OTP writes, or a later value requires clearing a programmed OTP bit, `eos_secure_boot_update_rollback()` writes ordinary big-endian bytes directly to OTP, while `eos_rollback_verify()` reads the floor through `eos_hal_monotonic_read()` and advances it through `eos_hal_monotonic_increment()`. The write therefore fails or leaves the checked floor unchanged, despite returning success.

Advance the requested rollback floor through the monotonic HAL interface so updates use the same counter that boot verification checks.

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- Line 26: Bind security_version at OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET to the board’s
monotonic_read and monotonic_increment hooks, and update
eos_secure_boot_update_rollback to use that contract instead of writing the
version directly through eos_hal_otp_write. Add the mapping to the supported
board implementation and update the test to verify successive version updates
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Comment thread core/secure_boot.c
#define OTP_KEY_HASH_OFFSET 0x100
#define OTP_KEY_HASH_SIZE 32
#define OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET 0x180
#define OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET 0x144

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

rg -n -C 4 '(\.otp_write|\.monotonic_read|\.monotonic_increment)\s*=|eos_hal_(otp_write|monotonic_read|monotonic_increment)\s*\(' . -g '*.[ch]'

Repository: embeddedos-org/eBoot

Length of output: 12963


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- secure_boot.c ---'
nl -ba core/secure_boot.c | sed -n '1,45p;245,290p'
printf '%s\n' '--- rollback.c ---'
nl -ba core/rollback.c | sed -n '185,240p'
printf '%s\n' '--- HAL operation types and wrappers ---'
rg -n -C 8 'typedef struct eos_board_ops|otp_read|otp_write|monotonic_read|monotonic_increment' include hal core tests/unit -g '*.[ch]' || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- OTP and monotonic implementations/mappings ---'
rg -n -C 8 'static int (sim_otp|mock_.*monotonic)|int (sim_otp|mock_.*monotonic)|eos_board_ops_t|\.otp_write|\.monotonic_read|\.monotonic_increment' . -g '*.[ch]' || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant documentation ---'
rg -n -C 12 'security_version|recovery.secret|0x144|0x180|OTP|monotonic' docs include core tests/unit -g '*.{md,h,c}' || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- diff against supplied merge base ---'
git diff --stat 41dd5ee22cc2dfb9ba475e4b0ec0613ec1b0a6 71cd49b5809cecc5cf94d08820905ef90cb868f2 -- core/secure_boot.c tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c
git diff --unified=20 41dd5ee22cc2dfb9ba475e4b0ec0613ec1b0a6 71cd49b5809cecc5cf94d08820905ef90cb868f2 -- core/secure_boot.c tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c

Repository: embeddedos-org/eBoot

Length of output: 45411


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- board files ---'
git ls-files 'boards/**' | sort
printf '%s\n' '--- board security hooks ---'
rg -n -C 12 'otp|monotonic|eFuse|efuse|security_version|0x144|0x180' boards -g '*.[ch]' || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- HAL comments and types ---'
nl -ba include/eos_hal.h | sed -n '45,100p;145,165p'
printf '%s\n' '--- secure boot policy test mocks ---'
nl -ba tests/unit/test_secure_boot_policy.c | sed -n '1,90p;300,390p'
printf '%s\n' '--- rollback test mocks ---'
nl -ba tests/unit/test_rollback.c | sed -n '1,90p'
printf '%s\n' '--- key lifecycle section ---'
nl -ba docs/key_lifecycle.md | sed -n '1,150p'

Repository: embeddedos-org/eBoot

Length of output: 24764


Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- secure boot API contract and callers ---'
nl -ba include/eos_secure_boot.h | sed -n '112,135p'
rg -n -C 6 'eos_secure_boot_update_rollback|update_rollback' . -g '*.[ch]' -g '*.md' || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- key lifecycle counter sections ---'
nl -ba docs/key_lifecycle.md | sed -n '140,230p'
printf '%s\n' '--- all board ops initializers and security fields ---'
for f in $(git ls-files 'boards/**.c'); do
    if rg -q 'eos_board_ops_t|board_.*_get_ops|monotonic|otp_' "$f"; then
        printf '%s\n' "--- $f"
        rg -n -C 4 'eos_board_ops_t|board_.*_get_ops|monotonic|otp_' "$f" || true
    fi
done

Repository: embeddedos-org/eBoot

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Use the monotonic counter contract for repeated updates.

eos_secure_boot_update_rollback writes the binary version directly through eos_hal_otp_write. On a board that implements security_version at 0x144 with one-way OTP bits, updating from 1 to 2 requires clearing a programmed bit. The write can fail or leave a value different from 2. The current test does not detect this because its mock uses memcpy and performs only one update.

Bind security_version to the board's monotonic_read and monotonic_increment hooks, route updates through that contract, and test successive updates with one-way OTP semantics. The shipped board files currently provide no such mapping, so the supported board implementation must define it.

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Review comment at @core/secure_boot.c at line 26:
Bind security_version at OTP_ROLLBACK_OFFSET to the board’s monotonic_read and
monotonic_increment hooks, and update eos_secure_boot_update_rollback to use
that contract instead of writing the version directly through eos_hal_otp_write.
Add the mapping to the supported board implementation and update the test to
verify successive version updates with one-way OTP semantics.

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Aswin-V merged commit d0dcec3 into embeddedos-org:master Nov 1, 2026
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eos_secure_boot_update_rollback() overwrites the recovery secret in OTP

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