Previously the bootloader unconditionally revoked unused secure boot key
digest slots while permanently enabling secure boot on the first boot,
ignoring CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_ALLOW_UNUSED_DIGEST_SLOTS. Now the config is
honored on this path too: when set, the unused digest slots are left
un-revoked. This is safe as long as the debug and download interfaces are
disabled.
Update the Kconfig help and the Secure Boot v2 guide (en and zh_CN)
accordingly.
- security.rst: remove duplicated word in OTA encryption note
- tee.rst: remove duplicated word in memory allocation note
- flash-encryption.rst: drop redundant phrase and fix subject-verb agreement
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.
feat(bootloader_support): enabled RSA based secure boot scheme for ESP32C5 ECO1
Closes IDF-10453 and IDF-11441
See merge request espressif/esp-idf!35104
This commit enabled RSA based secure boot scheme for ESP32C5 ECO1 module.
This update also adds a check to ensure the selected secure boot scheme is
valid for ECO0 modules.