Hi TF-M team,
In our product, we intend to use the vanilla MCUboot (specifically the Zephyr port) instead of the version bundled with Trusted Firmware-M (TF-M).
Since TF-M is optional for our use case, but MCUboot is a mandatory component, we prefer to decouple the two.
Seems there are some provisioning related items that need to be handled in vanilla MCUboot for this type of usage.
We would like to know if you foresee any security concerns or risks associated with this approach? Is this an expected of a usage?
Any feedback for this type of usage would be appreciated.
Thanks
Sadik
Hello,
The Open CI testing infrastructure is currently experiencing issues due to an FVP licensing problem.
Image builds remain operational but FVP-based tests are failing, which causes all build jobs to be marked as failed.
The Open CI team is actively working to resolve the issue.
An update will be shared once normal operation is restored.
Thanks,
Anton
Hi,
Currently TF-M and mcuboot have some "common" FIH code (see for example commit 0a74c1ea8a0c0783a2914d87cd2e88b677718a2e that copied fih.{c|h} from mcuboot. There are also multiple copies of fih.h within the TF-M repo (lib/fih/inc and bl2/ext/mcuboot/include).
Are there any plans to avoid having copies of that code? Maybe to split the FIH library into its own repo that can be used by both TF-M and mcuboot?
Thanks,
Chris
Hi TFM Developer Forum Organizer,
I'm currently integrating the CryptoCell3xx Runtime code for ECDSA hardware acceleration and have a question regarding the implementation.
I'm not entirely sure if this is the right list to post to - perhaps it belongs in mbed-tls or psa-crypto instead - so please forgive me and suggest the right list if this is not the appropriate forum.
I noticed that the repository contains two variants of pka_ec_wrst_smul: one under no_scap and another under scap, located in
/lib/ext/cryptocell-312-runtime/codesafe/src/crypto_api/pki/ec_wrst/.
From the filenames and comments, it appears that scap.c is the Side-Channel Attack (SCA)-resistant version, and would therefore be preferred for end-user products where stronger security is prioritized over performance.
However, in the current version of pka_ec_wrst_smul_scap.c from the main open-source branch, I found a couple of apparent typos/bugs that cause compilation errors:
Line 239: should probably be
PkaAddJcbJcb2Mdf(EC_SIGN_REG_XS, EC_SIGN_REG_YS, EC_SIGN_REG_ZS, EC_SIGN_REG_TS,
EC_SIGN_REG_XS, EC_SIGN_REG_YS, EC_SIGN_REG_ZS,
EC_SIGN_REG_X2, EC_SIGN_REG_T2, EC_SIGN_REG_Z2);
(currently missing the leading "P".)
Lines 389 and 391: the output parameters are declared as const, which seems incorrect. For example:
CCError_t PkaEcWrstScalarMult(const CCEcpkiDomain_t *pDomain, /*!< [in] Pointer to EC domain. */
const uint32_t *scalar, /*!< [in] Pointer to the scalar buffer. */
uint32_t scalSizeInWords, /*!< [in] Size of the scalar in 32-bit words. */
uint32_t *inPointX, /*!< [in] Pointer to input point X coordinate. */
const uint32_t *inPointY, /*!< [in] Pointer to input point Y coordinate. */
const uint32_t *outPointX, /*!< [out] Pointer to output point X coordinate. */
The const qualifier on the output parameters seems unintended and rather for inPointX.
Because of these issues, it seems this file might not have been recently reviewed or tested.
So, my questions are:
1. Is the CryptoCell312 Runtime actively maintained and tested in a specific branch where these typos/bugs are already fixed? If so, could you please share which branch that is?
2. If not, it seems that CMake currently only selects the no_scap variant. Does this mean the scap variant is not actively maintained or tested, and therefore not recommended for production use due to higher risk?
Thanks in advance for your help and clarification.
Best regards,
Masaki Sato
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Hello,
I would like to inform the community that the TF-M v2.3.0 release has been postponed to April 2026 in order to incorporate the forthcoming PSA-Crypto LTS release, anticipated in Q1 2026.
This decision is intended to ensure improved long-term alignment between two projects.
I apologize for any inconvenience the delay may cause and appreciate your understanding.
Best regards,
Anton
Hello,
I have already poted this. but, i can't find my thread.
I’m trying to enable the PLATFORM_PSA_ADAC_SECURE_DEBUG.
1) Platform (arm neoverse RDV3R1 (RSE))
repo init -u https://git.gitlab.arm.com/infra-solutions/reference-design/infra-refdesign… -m <manifest-file-name> -b refs/tags/<RELEASE_TAG> --depth=1
repo sync -c -j $(nproc) --fetch-submodules --force-sync --no-clone-bundle
manifest file: pinned-rdv3r1.xml
release tag: refs/tags/RD-INFRA-2025.07.03
2) Enabling the ADAC Parameter
\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu-22.04\home\phillip\251020_ws\tf-m\config\config_base.cmake
I changed the parameter from FALSE to TRUE.
set(PLATFORM_PSA_ADAC_SECURE_DEBUG TRUE CACHE BOOL "Whether to use psa-adac secure debug.")
3) Build Command
phillip@phillip3420:~/251020_ws$ ./build-scripts/build-tf-m.sh -p rdv3r1 -f uefi build
4) Error Message
===============================================================================
-- Populating libpsaadac
-- Configuring done (0.0s)
-- Generating done (0.0s)
-- Build files have been written to: /home/phillip/251020_ws/tf-m/cmake_build/rdv3r1/0/lib/ext/libpsaadac-subbuild
[1/9] Creating directories for 'libpsaadac-populate'
[1/9] Performing download step (git clone) for 'libpsaadac-populate'
Cloning into 'libpsaadac-src'...
HEAD is now at 819a254 Platform: Fix prototype for crypto_hw_apply_debug_permissions
[2/9] Performing update step for 'libpsaadac-populate'
-- Already at requested ref: 819a254af6fb5eefdcef194ec85d2c7627451351
[3/9] No patch step for 'libpsaadac-populate'
[5/9] No configure step for 'libpsaadac-populate'
[6/9] No build step for 'libpsaadac-populate'
[7/9] No install step for 'libpsaadac-populate'
[8/9] No test step for 'libpsaadac-populate'
[9/9] Completed 'libpsaadac-populate'
CMake Error at cmake_build/rdv3r1/0/lib/ext/libpsaadac-src/target/trusted-firmware-m/config.cmake:12 (Message):
Platform arm/rse/neoverse_rd/rdv3r1 not supported.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake_build/rdv3r1/0/lib/ext/libpsaadac-src/CMakeLists.txt:34 (include)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
+++ handle_error
++++ caller 0
+++ local 'callinfo=93 do_build ./build-scripts/build-tf-m.sh'
+++ local script=./build-scripts/build-tf-m.sh
+++ local lineno=93
+++ local 'func=93 do_build'
+++ func=do_build
+++ echo
+++ echo -en '\e[1m\e[31mBuild failed: error while running do_build at line '
Build failed: error while running do_build at line +++ echo -en '93 in ./build-scripts/build-tf-m.sh for rdv3r1[rdv3r1]'
93 in ./build-scripts/build-tf-m.sh for rdv3r1[rdv3r1]+++ echo -e '[uefi].\e[0m'
[uefi].
+++ echo
+++ exit 1
===============================================================================
5) My opinion
TFM_PLATFORM_PATH is "/home/phillip/251020_ws/tf-m/cmake_build/rdv3r1/0/lib/ext/libpsaadac-src/target/trusted-firmware-m/platform/arm/rse/neoverse_rd/rdv3r1" in my workpace.
But, in the "/home/phillip/251020_ws/tf-m/cmake_build/rdv3r1/0/lib/ext/libpsaadac-src/target/trusted-firmware-m/platform/arm/rse/" directory, there are only two folders, "common" and "tc".
PLATFORM_PSA_ADAC_VERSION should be changed?
(The RD-INFRA-2025.07.03 source code use PLATFORM_PSA_ADAC_VERSION as 819a254)
I would be grateful for any advice or pointers from anyone familiar with this.
Thanks
Best Regards
Phillip
