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TF-A Tech Forum on June 12th 2025 - TF-RMM live activation

by Olivier Deprez

Hi, On June 12th 2025, the TF-A Tech forum will take place at 4.00pm UK with the following topic: TF-RMM live activation design discussion Presenters: Andre Przywara Soby Mathew Manish Badarkhe In this meeting, we aim to discuss the details of live firmware activation for TF-RMM. The key topics will include: * Design details of TF-RMM live activation * Rationale for EL3-RMM communication changes: We will explain the motivation behind the proposed changes to the communication mechanism between EL3 and RMM which simplifies internal state migration for LFA, enables sharing of the state across RMM instances that are live-activated, supports localized per-CPU allocations for NUMA and multi-chip configurations, decouples the RMM binary from platform-specifics. * LFA SMC Implementation in EL3: We will also provide an overview of the LFA SMC implementation at EL3. Regards, Olivier. TF-A Tech Forum Thursday Jun 12, 2025 ⋅ 5pm – 6pm Central European Time - Paris Location https://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/93557863987?pwd=56a1l8cBnetDTZ6eazHGaE1Ctk4W34… https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Flinaro-org.zoom.us%2Fj%2F9355786… Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: TF-A Tech ForumTime: May 15, 2025 02:00 PM London Every 2 weeks on Thu, 78 occurrence(s)Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.Weekly: https://linaro-org.zoom.us/meeting/tJcocu6gqDgjEtOkyBhSQauR1sUyFwIcNKLa/ics… Zoom Meetinghttps://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/93557863987?pwd=56a1l8cBnetDTZ6eazHGaE1Ctk4W34.1Meeting ID: 935 5786 3987Passcode: 939141---One tap mobile+12532158782,,93557863987# US (Tacoma)+13017158592,,93557863987# US (Washington DC)---Dial by your location• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)• +1 305 224 1968 US• +1 309 205 3325 US• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)• +1 360 209 5623 US• +1 386 347 5053 US• +1 507 473 4847 US• +1 564 217 2000 US• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)• +1 646 931 3860 US• +1 669 444 9171 US• +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)• +1 689 278 1000 US• +1 719 359 4580 US• +1 253 205 0468 US• 833 548 0276 US Toll-free• 833 548 0282 US Toll-free• 833 928 4608 US Toll-free• 833 928 4609 US Toll-free• 833 928 4610 US Toll-free• 877 853 5247 US Toll-free• 888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 935 5786 3987Find your local number: https://linaro-org.zoom.us/u/adoz9mILli Guests tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org

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Re: MPAMIDR_EL1

by Sona Rebecca Mathew

Hi Manoj, Hi, Yes, your understanding is correct, according to the reference manual, if HaveEL(EL3) and MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == 1, then any EL2 access to MPAMIDR_EL1 is trapped to EL3 (AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18)). The upstream TF-A master disables this bit : https://review.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/… Currently there is a strong dependency between feature enablement in EL3 and RMM accessing the registers. We have some patches in progress for RMM to discover feature enablement status in EL3 and only proceed with register access (like MPAM) when explicitly permitted. Link to the patches for your reference: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/topic:%22sm/revlock%22 Thanks -Sona Manoj Ekbote wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to run TF-RMM and there's an exception while reading the MPAMIDR_EL1 register in rmm_arch_init(). > if (is_feat_mpam_present()) { > unsigned long mpamidr_el1 = read_mpamidr_el1(); > .. > } > The condition to access MPAMIDR_EL1 is: > elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then > if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then > UNDEFINED; > elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then > if EL3SDDUndef() then > UNDEFINED; > else > AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); > else > X[t, 64] = MPAMIDR_EL1; > I am running TF-A before TF-RMM, so the default value of 1 in MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER forces all accesses to MPAMIDR_EL1 to be trapped to EL3. > And the read in TF-RMM then causes an exception. > But there's no handler for the trap in TF-RMM that can forward the read to EL3. > Is my understanding right that the code to handle the trap is missing in RMM? > Thanks, > Manoj IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you.

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MPAMIDR_EL1

by Manoj Ekbote

Hi, I am trying to run TF-RMM and there's an exception while reading the MPAMIDR_EL1 register in rmm_arch_init(). if (is_feat_mpam_present()) { unsigned long mpamidr_el1 = read_mpamidr_el1(); .. } The condition to access MPAMIDR_EL1 is: elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = MPAMIDR_EL1; I am running TF-A before TF-RMM, so the default value of 1 in MPAM3_EL3.TRAPLOWER forces all accesses to MPAMIDR_EL1 to be trapped to EL3. And the read in TF-RMM then causes an exception. But there's no handler for the trap in TF-RMM that can forward the read to EL3. Is my understanding right that the code to handle the trap is missing in RMM? Thanks, Manoj

6 months

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How to report vulnerabilities

by 王海旺

Hello tf-rmm group, I think i found several vulnerabilities in tf-rmm code, where should i report it. I don't see ways to report vulnerabilities in your github repositories security page or docs. After the vulnerability is confirmed, can you assign a CVE-ID for it? -- Best Regards Haiwang Wang

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Trusted Firmware v2.13 release announcement

by Olivier Deprez

Hi All, We are pleased to announce the formal release of Trusted Firmware-A version 2.13 bundle of project deliverables. This includes Trusted Firmware-A, Trusted Firmware-A Tests, Hafnium, TF-RMM, Trusted Services, and TF-A OpenCI scripts/jobs components. These went live on May, 22nd 2025. Please find references to tags and change logs at the end of this email. Many thanks to the trustedfirmware.org community for the active engagement in delivering this release! Notable features of the release version 2.13 are as follows: TF-A/EL3 * Alto CPU support * Architecture feature support for PMUv3p9. PAUTH_LR and SPE_FDS. * Refactor PSCI to let each CPU core initialise its own context, allowing TF-A to natively handle asymmetric configurations * PSCI Powerdown abandon feature support * SMCCC_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY support based on SMCCC v1.5 specification * Firmware Handoff * Library enhancements to add more TE types in library * All BL interfaces for FVP are now migrated to use Transfer List along in different boot scenarios (RESET_TO_BL1/BL2/BL31) * TC platform is now using Transfer List for booting * HOB creation Library (from edk2) is now hosted in TF-A * New Platforms: mt8189, mt8196, qcs615, RK3576, AM62L Boot flow * Feature Additions * Added discrete TPM support in BL1/BL2 for the RPi3 platform. * Support for MbedTLS PSA Crypto with ROMLIB on FVP. * Redesigned PSA Crypto Key ID management to avoid repeated key creation/destruction. * Test Additions * Support for MbedTLS PSA Crypto with ROMLIB on FVP. * Added basic boot test for TF-RMM with TF-A and TFTF (Realm Payload) in Jenkins CI. * Integrated DRTM ACS test suite into TF-A Jenkins CI. * Added missing test configuration for ROTPK in register on FVP platform. * Build System * Refactored ROTPK key/hash generation to auto-generate required files during build. * mbedTLS Improvements * Migrated to mbedTLS version 3.6.3. Errata/Security mitigations (CPU/GIC) * CVE-2024-5660, CVE-2024-7881 * Cortex-A510, Cortex-A715, Cortex-X4, Cortex-X925, Neoverse V3 Hafnium/SPM (S-EL2) * FF-A v1.2 completed: indirect messaging with service UUIDs. * FF-A v1.3 early adoption: Update to FFA_MEM_PERM_GET ABIs. * StMM integration: provide HOB structure as boot information. * Power management update: * Bootstrapped secondary vCPUs on secondary cores power on flows. * SP's subscription to the power off event. * SP loading: SP artefacts can be bundled in a TL format. I.e SP binary and SP manifest (DTB). * Resuming ECs for interrupt handling assisted by NWd Scheduler when the SP is in waiting state, with sri-interrupts-policy field in the SP manifest. TF-RMM (R-EL2) * Deprivileging RMM code via EL0 App support * Added some support for some RMMv1.1 APIs - "RMI_DEV_MEM_(UN)MAP", support for device granules in "RMI_GRANULE_DELEGATE" and "RMI_GRANULE_UNDELEGATE". * Additional hardening of RMM via compiler flags `-fstack-protector-strong`, '-Wextra', '-Wstrict-overflow', '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' and '-Wnull-dereference'. * New platform support for RD-V3-R1 and RD-V3-R1-Cfg1 FVPs. * Dynamic discovery of PCIE Root complex topology and device memory from the Boot manifest. Trusted Services (v1.2.0) * Introduced the fTPM SP. The implementation is experimental. * Introduce the new Arm Reference Design-1 AE platform targeting the Automotive segment. It features high-performance Arm Neoverse V3AE Application Processor compute system, Arm Cortex-R82AE based Safety Island, and a Runtime Security Engine (RSE) for enhanced security. * Updated the se-proxy deployment and added support for the Firmware Update Proxy service. The FWU Proxy implements a Platform Security Firmware Update for the A-profile Arm Architecture<https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0118/latest/> compliant FWU Agent which runs a PSA Certified Firmware Update API 1.0<https://arm-software.github.io/psa-api/fwu/1.0/> compliant client as its backend. TF-A Tests * Enhancements to fuzzing tests (EL3 vendor specific SMC, SDEI, FF-A interface, capability for randomized fuzzing inputs) * Functionality test * Firmware Handoff : AArch32 tests and event log testing * SMCCC_ARCH_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY * RAS system registers, FPMR, SCTLR2, THE and D128 * validate psci_is_last_cpu_to_idle_at_pwrlvl * SPM/FF-A : HOB generation, PPI timer interrupts, v1.2 RXTX headers * RMM: Tests introduced for majority of features developed in RMM * Platform Support * Versal NET * Versal * Neoverse-RD Release tags across repositories: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/r… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/tf-a-tests/+/refs/tags… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/ci/tf-a-ci-scripts/+/refs/t… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/ci/tf-a-job-configs/+/refs/… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/hafnium/hafnium.git/+/refs/… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/ci/hafnium-ci-scripts/+/ref… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/ci/hafnium-job-configs/+/re… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/+/refs/tags/t… https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TS/trusted-services/+/refs/… Change logs: https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/v2.13.0/change-log.html#id1 https://trustedfirmware-a-tests.readthedocs.io/en/v2.13.0/change-log.html#v… https://hafnium.readthedocs.io/en/v2.13.0/change-log.html#v2-13 https://tf-rmm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about/change-log.html#v0-7-0 https://trusted-services.readthedocs.io/en/stable/project/change-log.html#v… Regards, Olivier.

6 months, 3 weeks

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DA developer branches

by Soby Mathew

Hi Everyone, Developer branches for TF-RMM and the kernel, which demonstrate the device assignment setup flow is available. To reproduce this flow on FVP, there is a Shrinkwrap<https://shrinkwrap.docs.arm.com/en/latest/userguide/configstore/cca-3world.…> overlay. Instructions for using it can be found here : https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-RMM/tf-rmm.git/+/refs/he… The specific branches for the respective components are: TF-RMM: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-RMM/tf-rmm.git/+/refs/he… Linux: https://gitlab.arm.com/linux-arm/linux-cca/-/tree/cca-1.1/da/proto/rmm-1.1-… kvmtool: https://gitlab.arm.com/linux-arm/kvmtool-cca/-/tree/cca-1.1/da/proto/rmm-1.… TF-A: Changes are merged in master , so tip of master should be good (https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/r…) This release is based on the RMM v1.1 Alpha 12 specification. It includes setting up a secure SPDM session for communication with DSM, TDISP, and IDE, including the RMM-EL3 interface for RP programming. This is entirely new development and has undergone limited internal review. As such, we are aware that the code lacks comprehensive checks and hardening. Additionally, Stage 2 MMU changes for device mappings the Stage 2 SMMU driver are not tested/supported. As a result, Realms cannot access device memory or support device DMA to Realm memory. Furthermore, the TDISP_En flag setting in DVSEC and other DVSEC programming have some gaps. This functionality is still under active development, and the programming and testing is limited to capabilities of the FVP. As development progresses, we will continue to update the branches accordingly. Any changes in user instructions will be reflected in the accompanying documentation. Best Regards Soby Mathew

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Canceled event: TF-A Tech Forum @ Thu 23 Mar 2023 12pm - 1pm (EDT) (tf-rmm@lists.trustedfirmware.org)

by Karen Power

This event has been canceled. TF-A Tech Forum Thursday 23 Mar 2023 ⋅ 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time - Toronto Discussion Topic: RAS Refactoring Presented by: Manish Pandey and Soby MathewTopics to be discussed 1. Introduction to philosophies of handling RAS errors(FFH/KFH) 2. Discussing exceptions caused by synchronization barriers at execption boundries 3. Refactoring and enhancements in TF-A(along with various build macros) 4. Tests introduced 5. Future work----------------We run an open technical forum call for anyone to participate and it is not restricted to Trusted Firmware project members. It will operate under the guidance of the TF TSC. Feel free to forward this invite to colleagues. Invites are via the TF-A mailing list and also published on the Trusted Firmware website. Details are here: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/9159704974Meeting ID: 915 970 4974One tap mobile+16465588656,,9159704974# US (New York)+16699009128,,9159704974# US (San Jose)Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) 877 853 5247 US Toll-free 888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 915 970 4974Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h Guests marek.bykowski(a)gmail.com okash.khawaja(a)gmail.com Don Harbin bpeckham(a)google.com moritzf(a)google.com kh3195(a)columbia.edu tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org tf-rmm(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

7 months, 3 weeks

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Canceled event: TF-A Tech Forum @ Thu 1 Jun 2023 11am - 12pm (EDT) (tf-rmm@lists.trustedfirmware.org)

by Karen Power

This event has been canceled. TF-A Tech Forum Thursday 1 Jun 2023 ⋅ 11am – 12pm Eastern Time - Toronto Topic: SVE Enablement in RMM for Realms. Presenter: Arunachalam GanapathyOverview: This discussion will cover the design and implementation details on how SVE and FP/AdvSIMD state of Non secure world and Realms are managed by RMM.=====================We run an open technical forum call for anyone to participate and it is not restricted to Trusted Firmware project members. It will operate under the guidance of the TF TSC. Feel free to forward this invite to colleagues. Invites are via the TF-A mailing list and also published on the Trusted Firmware website. Details are here: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/9159704974Meeting ID: 915 970 4974One tap mobile+16465588656,,9159704974# US (New York)+16699009128,,9159704974# US (San Jose)Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) 877 853 5247 US Toll-free 888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 915 970 4974Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h Guests marek.bykowski(a)gmail.com okash.khawaja(a)gmail.com Don Harbin tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org tf-rmm(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

7 months, 3 weeks

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trustedfirmware git and gerrit slowness

by Olivier Deprez

Hi, You must have noticed slowness or breakages with review.trustedfirmware.org or git.trustedfirmware.org during the week. There are high and lows of network bandwidth usage affecting server availability. The issue is being investigated but not yet 100% root caused. Apologies for the frustration and inconvenience that this is causing. Rest assured the team is on board to resolve this unfortunate situation. Regards, Olivier.

7 months, 4 weeks

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Upcoming merge notification for RMM EL0 app support

by Soby Mathew

Hi Everyone As discussed in TF-A Tech Forum in January, RMM is introducing EL0 app support which is deprivileging parts of RMM to run at EL0. This is done mainly for security but it also enables other capabilities as discussed in the presentation : https://github.com/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/wiki/TFA-Tech-Forum-Presentations The patch stack can be accessed here : https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/+/36886/1 . This is complex functionality touching many parts of RMM. The merge is likely to affect outstanding patches as they would have merge conflict on rebase. We have identified further enhancements and hardening which can be done to improve the security and performance of the EL0 app framework . These will be taken up after the merge. We are hoping to merge this patch stack early next week so that any issues identified can be fixed up prior to TF-A v2.13 release planned for next month. The design document is still undergoing review and will be progressed after the merge of functionality. Best Regards Soby Mathew

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