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tpm2_policynv(1)	    General Commands Manual	      tpm2_policynv(1)

NAME
       tpm2_policynv(1)	- Evaluates policy authorization by comparing a	speci-
       fied value against the contents in the specified	NV Index.

SYNOPSIS
       tpm2_policynv [OPTIONS] [ARGUMENT] [ARGUMENT]

DESCRIPTION
       tpm2_policynv(1)	 - This	command	evaluates policy authorization by com-
       paring the contents written to an NV index against the one specified in
       the tool	options.  The tool takes two arguments	-  (1)	The  NV	 index
       specified  as  raw  handle  or  an  offset value	to the nv handle range
       "TPM2_HR_NV_INDEX" and (2) Comparison operator for magnitude comparison
       and or bit test operations.  In the specification the NV	index  holding
       the  data  is  called  operandA and the data that the user specifies to
       compare is called operandB.  The	comparison operator can	 be  specified
       as  follows:  *	"eq"  if  operandA  =  operandB	* "neq"	if operandA !=
       operandB	* "sgt"	if signed operandA > signed operandB *	"ugt"  if  un-
       signed operandA > unsigned operandB * "slt" if signed operandA <	signed
       operandB	 *  "ult"  if unsigned operandA	< unsigned operandB * "sge" if
       signed operandA >= signed operandB * "uge" if unsigned operandA >=  un-
       signed operandB * "sle" if signed operandA <= unsigned operandB * "ule"
       if  unsigned  operandA  <=  unsigned operandB * "bs" if all bits	set in
       operandA	are set	in operandB * "bc" if all bits	set  in	 operandA  are
       clear in	operandB

OPTIONS
        -C, --hierarchy=OBJECT:

	 Specifies the hierarchy used to authorize.  Supported options are:

	  o for TPM_RH_OWNER

	  p for TPM_RH_PLATFORM

	  <num> where a hierarchy handle or nv-index may be used.

	 When  -C isn't	explicitly passed the index handle will	be used	to au-
	 thorize against the index.  The index auth value is set  via  the  -p
	 option	to tpm2_nvdefine(1).

        -P, --auth=AUTH:

	 Specifies the authorization value for the hierarchy.

        -L, --policy=FILE:

	 File to save the policy digest.

        -S, --session=FILE:

	 The  policy  session  file  generated via the -S option to tpm2_star-
	 tauthsession or saved off of a	previous tool run.

        --offset=NATURAL_NUMBER:

	 The offset within the NV index	to start comparing at.	 The  size  of
	 the  data starting at offset and ending at size of NV index shall not
	 exceed	the size of the	operand	specified in the options.

        --cphash=FILE

	 File path to record the hash of the command parameters.  This is com-
	 monly termed as cpHash.  NOTE:	When this option is selected, The tool
	 will not actually execute the command,	it simply returns a cpHash.

        -i, --input=FILE:

	 Specifies the input file with data to compare to NV  Index  contents.
	 In  the standard specification, this is termed	as operand or operandB
	 more specifically .  It can be	specified as a file input or stdin  if
	 option	value is a "-".

   References
COMMON OPTIONS
       This  collection	of options are common to many programs and provide in-
       formation that many users may expect.

        -h, --help=[man|no-man]: Display the tools manpage.  By  default,  it
	 attempts  to  invoke  the  manpager for the tool, however, on failure
	 will output a short tool summary.  This is the	same behavior  if  the
	 "man"	option argument	is specified, however if explicit "man"	is re-
	 quested, the tool will	provide	errors from man	 on  stderr.   If  the
	 "no-man"  option  if  specified, or the manpager fails, the short op-
	 tions will be output to stdout.

	 To successfully use the manpages feature requires the manpages	to  be
	 installed or on MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.

        -v,  --version:  Display version information for this tool, supported
	 tctis and exit.

        -V, --verbose:	Increase the information that the tool prints  to  the
	 console  during  its  execution.  When	using this option the file and
	 line number are printed.

        -Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.

        -Z, --enable-errata: Enable the application of	errata fixups.	Useful
	 if an errata fixup needs to be	applied	to commands sent to  the  TPM.
	 Defining  the environment TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent.  in-
	 formation many	users may expect.

TCTI Configuration
       The TCTI	or "Transmission Interface"  is	 the  communication  mechanism
       with  the TPM.  TCTIs can be changed for	communication with TPMs	across
       different mediums.

       To control the TCTI, the	tools respect:

       1. The command line option -T or	--tcti

       2. The environment variable: TPM2TOOLS_TCTI.

       Note: The command line option always overrides  the  environment	 vari-
       able.

       The current known TCTIs are:

        tabrmd	     -	   The	   resource	manager,     called	tabrmd
	 (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd).	 Note that tabrmd  and
	 abrmd as a tcti name are synonymous.

        mssim	- Typically used for communicating to the TPM software simula-
	 tor.

        device	- Used when talking directly to	a TPM device file.

        none -	Do not initalize a connection with the TPM.  Some tools	 allow
	 for off-tpm options and thus support not using	a TCTI.	 Tools that do
	 not  support  it  will	error when attempted to	be used	without	a TCTI
	 connection.  Does not support ANY options and MUST  BE	 presented  as
	 the exact text	of "none".

       The  arguments  to  either  the	command	line option or the environment
       variable	are in the form:

       <tcti-name>:<tcti-option-config>

       Specifying an empty string for either the <tcti-name> or	 <tcti-option-
       config>	results	in the default being used for that portion respective-
       ly.

   TCTI	Defaults
       When a TCTI is not specified, the default TCTI is  searched  for	 using
       dlopen(3)  semantics.   The  tools  will	 search	for tabrmd, device and
       mssim TCTIs IN THAT ORDER and USE THE FIRST ONE FOUND.  You  can	 query
       what TCTI will be chosen	as the default by using	the -v option to print
       the  version information.  The "default-tcti" key-value pair will indi-
       cate which of the aforementioned	TCTIs is the default.

   Custom TCTIs
       Any TCTI	that implements	the dynamic TCTI interface can be loaded.  The
       tools internally	use dlopen(3), and the raw tcti-name value is used for
       the lookup.  Thus, this could be	a path to the shared library, or a li-
       brary name as understood	by dlopen(3) semantics.

TCTI OPTIONS
       This collection of options are used to configure	the various known TCTI
       modules available:

        device: For the device	TCTI, the TPM character	device file for	use by
	 the device TCTI can be	specified.  The	default	is /dev/tpm0.

	 Example:   -T	 device:/dev/tpm0   or	 export	   TPM2TOOLS_TCTI="de-
	 vice:/dev/tpm0"

        mssim:	 For  the  mssim  TCTI,	the domain name	or IP address and port
	 number	used by	the simulator  can  be	specified.   The  default  are
	 127.0.0.1 and 2321.

	 Example:  -T  mssim:host=localhost,port=2321  or export TPM2TOOLS_TC-
	 TI="mssim:host=localhost,port=2321"

        abrmd:	For the	abrmd TCTI, the	configuration string format is	a  se-
	 ries  of  simple  key value pairs separated by	a `,' character.  Each
	 key and value string are separated by a `=' character.

	  TCTI	abrmd supports two keys:

	   1. `bus_name' : The name of	the  tabrmd  service  on  the  bus  (a
	      string).

	   2. `bus_type' : The type of the dbus	instance (a string) limited to
	      `session'	and `system'.

	 Specify  the tabrmd tcti name and a config string of bus_name=com.ex-
	 ample.FooBar:

		\--tcti=tabrmd:bus_name=com.example.FooBar

	 Specify the default (abrmd) tcti and a	config string of bus_type=ses-
	 sion:

		\--tcti:bus_type=session

	 NOTE: abrmd and tabrmd	are synonymous.	 the various known  TCTI  mod-
	 ules.

EXAMPLES
       Test if NV index	content	value is equal to an input number.  To do this
       we  first  create  an  NV  index	of size	1 byte and write a value.  Eg.
       0xAA.  Next we attempt to create	a policy that  becomes	valid  if  the
       equality	 comparison  operation of the NV index content against the one
       specified in the	tool options.

   Define the test NV Index and	write the value	0xAA to	it
	      nv_test_index=0x01500001
	      tpm2_nvdefine -C o -p nvpass $nv_test_index -a "authread|authwrite" -s 1
	      echo "aa"	| xxd -r -p | tpm2_nvwrite -P nvpass -i- $nv_test_index

   Attempt defining policynv with wrong	comparison value specified in options.

	      tpm2_startauthsession -S session.ctx --policy-session
	      ### This should fail
	      echo 0xBB	| tpm2_policynv	-S session.ctx -L policy.nv -i-	0x1500001 eq -P	nvpass
	      tpm2_flushcontext	session.ctx

   Attempt defining policynv with right	comparison value specified in options.

	      tpm2_startauthsession -S session.ctx --policy-session
	      ### This should pass
	      echo 0xAA	| tpm2_policynv	-S session.ctx -L policy.nv -i-	0x1500001 eq -P	nvpass
	      tpm2_flushcontext	session.ctx

Returns
       Tools can return	any of the following codes:

        0 - Success.

        1 - General non-specific error.

        2 - Options handling error.

        3 - Authentication error.

        4 - TCTI related error.

        5 - Non supported scheme.  Applicable to tpm2_testparams.

Limitations
       It expects a session to be already established  via  tpm2_startauthses-
       sion(1) and requires one	of the following:

        direct	device access

        extended session support with tpm2-abrmd.

       Without	it, most resource managers will	not save session state between
       command invocations.

BUGS
       Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)

HELP
       See the Mailing List (https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listin-
       fo/tpm2)

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