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opensc_luks

How to use a PKCS#15-compliant smartcard to unlock a LUKS encrypted /root

This has been tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with a Feitian PKI (FTCOS/PK-01C) smartcard and a generic USB smartcard reader. The Ubuntu instance has an unencrypted /boot partition and an encrypted /root partition. Essential info for unlocking the partition was found here: https://blog.g3rt.nl/luks-smartcard-or-token.html. After many VM restarts I was able to put together the patches for the initramfs hook and script and am successfully using this on several laptops.

The general steps:

  • Erase and initialize card
  • Create public/private key pair on smartcard
  • Create key file and add it to a LUKS key slot
  • Encrypt key file using public key from smartcard
  • Modify initramfs to use smartcard to decrypt the encrypted keyfile

The details:

  1. Install smartcard middleware

    sudo apt-get install pcscd opensc

  2. Erase smartcard

    pkcs15-init -E

  3. Initialize smartcard

    pkcs15-init --create-pkcs15 -p pkcs15+onepin --pin 1234 --puk 4321

  4. Create public/private key pair on smartcard

    pkcs15-init -G rsa/2048 -i 01 -a 01 -u decrypt --pin 1234

  5. Create a random key file and add it to a LUKS key slot

    sudo touch /root/rootkey

    sudo chmod 600 /root/rootkey

    sudo dd if=/dev/random of=/root/rootkey bs=1 count=245 #change to urandom if you can't wait

    sudo cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sda2 /root/rootkey

  6. Export the public key from smartcard

    pkcs15-tool --read-public-key 01 -o public_key_rsa2048.pem

  7. Encrypt key file using public key

    sudo openssl rsautl -encrypt -pubin -inkey public_key_rsa2048.pem -in /root/rootkey -out /root/rootkey.enc

    sudo rm /root/rootkey

  8. Edit crypttab. This change sends the encrypted key file as a param to the keyscript

    This should be of the form:

    mapped_device_name source_block_device key_file luks,keyscript=decrypt_opensc

    For example:

    sda2_crypt UUID=d332ecc5-ce8b-4900-a04a-a79abd029d6d /root/rootkey.enc luks,keyscript=decrypt_opensc

  9. Apply patch to cryptopensc hook and regenerate initramfs

    sudo patch /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptopensc < cryptopensc.patch

    sudo patch /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-bottom/cryptopensc < local-bottom-cryptopensc.patch

    sudo update-initramfs -u

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