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change(secure_boot): mark ECDSA based Secure Boot V2 as insecure on affected SoCs

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ECDSA based Secure Boot V2 is not functional for certain input vectors on
ESP32-C5/C61/H2/P4 and on the preview targets ESP32-H4/H21. RSA based Secure
Boot V2 is the recommended scheme where the SoC supports it. This issue will be
fixed in a future hardware ECO revision; more details will be shared through the
hardware errata document.

A new hidden Kconfig option SECURE_BOOT_V2_ECDSA_INSECURE marks the affected
mass-production SoCs (ESP32-C5/C61/H2/P4). On these SoCs, when hardware Secure
Boot V2 is enabled, the ECDSA (V2) signing scheme is no longer offered by
default; it must be turned on explicitly via SECURE_BOOT_V2_FORCE_ENABLE_ECDSA
under "Allow potentially insecure options" (CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_INSECURE). App
signing without hardware Secure Boot is not affected. Note that ESP32-C61 has no
RSA based Secure Boot V2, so it has no Secure Boot scheme enabled by default.

The preview targets ESP32-H4 and ESP32-H21 mark ECDSA Secure Boot V2 as not
supported in their SoC capabilities instead of using the option above. As
ESP32-H4 has no other Secure Boot V2 scheme, Secure Boot is disabled entirely on
it; ESP32-H21 retains RSA based Secure Boot V2.

The security documentation keeps the ECDSA Secure Boot V2 content visible and
adds a warning describing the limitation (including that ECDSA Secure Boot V2 on
ESP32-C61 is not recommended for production). CI apps that exercise ECDSA Secure
Boot V2 on the affected SoCs set CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_V2_FORCE_ENABLE_ECDSA
accordingly.
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Aditya Patwardhan
2026-05-27 12:59:03 +05:30
parent a66f301ca2
commit 94be07050f
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@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Secure Boot v2
:link_to_translation:`zh_CN:[中文]`
{IDF_TARGET_SBV2_SCHEME:default="RSA-PSS", esp32c2, esp32c61="ECDSA", esp32c6, esp32h2, esp32p4, esp32c5, esp32h21="RSA-PSS or ECDSA"}
{IDF_TARGET_SBV2_SCHEME:default="RSA-PSS", esp32c2, esp32c61="ECDSA", esp32c6, esp32h2, esp32p4, esp32c5="RSA-PSS or ECDSA", esp32h21="RSA-PSS"}
{IDF_TARGET_SBV2_KEY:default="RSA-3072", esp32c2, esp32c61="ECDSA-256", esp32c6, esp32h2, esp32p4, esp32h21="RSA-3072, ECDSA-256", esp32c5="RSA-3072, ECDSA-384, ECDSA-256"}
{IDF_TARGET_SBV2_KEY:default="RSA-3072", esp32c2, esp32c61="ECDSA-256", esp32c6, esp32h2, esp32p4="RSA-3072, ECDSA-256", esp32h21="RSA-3072", esp32c5="RSA-3072, ECDSA-384, ECDSA-256"}
{IDF_TARGET_SECURE_BOOT_OPTION_TEXT:default="", esp32c6, esp32h2, esp32p4, esp32h21="RSA is recommended for faster verification. You can choose either the RSA or ECDSA scheme from the menu.", esp32c5="ECDSA is recommended for faster verification. You can choose either the RSA or ECDSA scheme from the menu."}
{IDF_TARGET_SECURE_BOOT_OPTION_TEXT:default="", esp32c6, esp32h2, esp32p4="RSA is recommended for faster verification. You can choose either the RSA or ECDSA scheme from the menu.", esp32c5="ECDSA is recommended for faster verification. You can choose either the RSA or ECDSA scheme from the menu."}
{IDF_TARGET_SBV2_SCHEME_RECOMMENDATION:default="RSA is recommended for use cases where fast boot-up time is required whereas ECDSA is recommended for use cases where shorter key length is required.", esp32c5="ECDSA is recommended for use cases where fast boot-up time and shorter key length is required."}
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ Secure Boot v2
In this guide, most used commands are in the form of ``idf.py secure-<command>``, which is a wrapper around corresponding ``espsecure <command>``. The ``idf.py`` based commands provides more user-friendly experience, although may lack some of the advanced functionality of their ``espsecure`` based counterparts.
.. only:: CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_V2_ECDSA_INSECURE and SOC_SECURE_BOOT_V2_RSA
.. warning::
On {IDF_TARGET_NAME}, the ECDSA based Secure Boot V2 scheme is not functional for certain input vectors and is therefore **not recommended**. Please use the RSA based Secure Boot V2 scheme instead. To use the ECDSA based scheme regardless of this limitation, enable :ref:`CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_INSECURE` and :ref:`CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_V2_FORCE_ENABLE_ECDSA`. This issue will be fixed in a future hardware ECO revision; refer to the hardware errata document for details.
.. only:: CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_V2_ECDSA_INSECURE and not SOC_SECURE_BOOT_V2_RSA
.. warning::
On {IDF_TARGET_NAME}, the ECDSA based Secure Boot V2 scheme is vulnerable for certain input vectors and is therefore **not recommended for production**. To use the ECDSA based Secure Boot V2 scheme regardless of this limitation, enable :ref:`CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_INSECURE` and :ref:`CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_V2_FORCE_ENABLE_ECDSA`. This issue will be fixed in a future hardware ECO revision; refer to the hardware errata document for details.
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