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NAME

       tpm2_nvdefine(1) - Define a TPM Non-Volatile (NV) index.

SYNOPSIS

       tpm2_nvdefine [OPTIONS] [ARGUMENT]

DESCRIPTION

       tpm2_nvdefine(1) - Define an NV index with given auth value.  The index is specified as an
       argument.  It can be specified as raw handle or an offset value to  the  nv  handle  range
       “TPM2_HR_NV_INDEX”.  If an index isn’t specified, the tool uses the first free index.  The
       tool outputs the nv index defined on success.

OPTIONS

-C, --hierarchy=OBJECT:
         Specifies the handle used to authorize.  Defaults to o, TPM_RH_OWNER, when no value  has
         been specified.  Supported options are:

         • o for TPM_RH_OWNERp for TPM_RH_PLATFORM<num> where a hierarchy handle or nv-index may be used.

       • -s, --size=NATURAL_NUMBER:

         Specifies  the  size  of  data  area  in  bytes.  Defaults to MAX_NV_INDEX_SIZE which is
         typically 2048.

       • -a, --attributes=ATTRIBUTES

         Specifies the attribute values for the nv region used when creating the entity.   Either
         the raw bitfield mask or “nice-names” may be used.  See section “NV Attributes” for more
         details.  If not specified, the attributes default to various selections  based  on  the
         hierarchy the index is defined in.  For the owner hiearchy the defaults are:

         • TPMA_NV_OWNERWRITE

         • TPMA_NV_OWNERREAD For the platform hiearchy, the defaults are:

         • TPMA_NV_PPWRITE

         • TPMA_NV_PPREAD  If  a policy file is specified, the hiearchy chosen default attributes
           are bitwise or’d with:

         • TPMA_NV_POLICYWRITE

         • TPMA_NV_POLICYREAD If a policy file is NOT  specified,  the  hiearchy  chosen  default
           attributes are bitwise or’d with:

         • TPMA_NV_AUTHWRITE

         • TPMA_NV_AUTHREAD

       • -P, --hierarchy-auth=AUTH:

         Specifies the authorization value for the hierarchy.  Authorization values should follow
         the “authorization formatting standards”, see section “Authorization Formatting”.

       • -p, --index-auth=AUTH:

         Specifies the password of NV Index when created.  HMAC and Password authorization values
         should  follow  the  “authorization  formatting  standards”,  see section “Authorization
         Formatting”.

       • -L, --policy=FILE:

         Specifies the policy digest file for policy based authorizations.

       • ARGUMENT the command line argument specifies the NV index or offset number.

   References

Context Object Format

       The type of a context object, whether it is a handle or file name, is determined according
       to the following logic in-order:

       • If  the  argument  is  a  file path, then the file is loaded as a restored TPM transient
         object.

       • If the argument is a prefix match on one of:

         • owner: the owner hierarchy

         • platform: the platform hierarchy

         • endorsement: the endorsement hierarchy

         • lockout: the lockout control persistent object

       • If the argument argument can be loaded as a  number  it  will  be  treat  as  a  handle,
         e.g. 0x81010013 and used directly._OBJECT_.

Authorization Formatting

       Authorization  for  use of an object in TPM2.0 can come in 3 different forms: 1.  Password
       2.  HMAC 3.  Sessions

       NOTE: “Authorizations default to the EMPTY PASSWORD when not specified”.

   Passwords
       Passwords are interpreted in the following forms below using prefix identifiers.

       Note: By default passwords are assumed to be in the string form when they do  not  have  a
       prefix.

   String
       A  string password, specified by prefix “str:” or it’s absence (raw string without prefix)
       is not interpreted, and is directly used for authorization.

   Examples
              foobar
              str:foobar

   Hex-string
       A hex-string password, specified by prefix “hex:” is converted  from  a  hexidecimal  form
       into  a  byte  array  form,  thus  allowing  passwords  with non-printable and/or terminal
       un-friendly characters.

   Example
              hex:0x1122334455667788

   File
       A file based password, specified be prefix “file:” should be the path of a file containing
       the  password  to  be  read by the tool or a “-” to use stdin.  Storing passwords in files
       prevents information leakage, passwords passed as options can be  read  from  the  process
       list or common shell history features.

   Examples
              # to use stdin and be prompted
              file:-

              # to use a file from a path
              file:path/to/password/file

              # to echo a password via stdin:
              echo foobar | tpm2_tool -p file:-

              # to use a bash here-string via stdin:

              tpm2_tool -p file:- <<< foobar

   Sessions
       When  using a policy session to authorize the use of an object, prefix the option argument
       with the session keyword.  Then indicate a path to a session file that  was  created  with
       tpm2_startauthsession(1).   Optionally,  if  the session requires an auth value to be sent
       with the session handle (eg policy password), then append a + and a string as described in
       the Passwords section.

   Examples
       To use a session context file called session.ctx.

              session:session.ctx

       To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the authvalue mypassword.

              session:session.ctx+mypassword

       To use a session context file called session.ctx AND send the HEX authvalue 0x11223344.

              session:session.ctx+hex:11223344

   PCR Authorizations
       You  can  satisfy  a PCR policy using the “pcr:” prefix and the PCR minilanguage.  The PCR
       minilanguage is as follows: <pcr-spec>=<raw-pcr-file>

       The PCR spec is documented in in the section “PCR bank specifiers”.

       The raw-pcr-file is an optional the  output  of  the  raw  PCR  contents  as  returned  by
       tpm2_pcrread(1).

       PCR bank specifiers (common/pcr.md)

   Examples
       To satisfy a PCR policy of sha256 on banks 0, 1, 2 and 3 use a specifier of:

              pcr:sha256:0,1,2,3

       specifying AUTH.

Object Attributes

       Object  Attributes  are  used  to  control  various  properties  of created objects.  When
       specified as an option, either the raw bitfield mask or “nice-names”  may  be  used.   The
       values  can  be  found  in Table 31 Part 2 of the TPM2.0 specification, which can be found
       here:

       <https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/TPM-
       Rev-2.0-Part-2-Structures-01.38.pdf>

       Nice  names  are  calculated  by taking the name field of table 31 and removing the prefix
       TPMA_OBJECT_ and lowercasing the result.   Thus,  TPMA_OBJECT_FIXEDTPM  becomes  fixedtpm.
       Nice names can be joined using the bitwise or “|” symbol.

       For   instance,   to   set   The   fields   TPMA_OBJECT_FIXEDTPM,   TPMA_OBJECT_NODA,  and
       TPMA_OBJECT_SIGN_ENCRYPT, the argument would be:

       fixedtpm|noda|sign specifying the nv attributes ATTRIBUTES.

COMMON OPTIONS

       This collection of options are common to many programs and provide information  that  many
       users may expect.

       • -h,  --help=[man|no-man]:  Display the tools manpage.  By default, it attempts to invoke
         the manpager for the tool, however, on failure will output a short tool  summary.   This
         is  the  same  behavior  if  the “man” option argument is specified, however if explicit
         “man” is requested, the tool will provide errors from man on stderr.   If  the  “no-man”
         option if specified, or the manpager fails, the short options will be output to stdout.

         To  successfully  use  the  manpages feature requires the manpages to be installed or on
         MANPATH, See man(1) for more details.

       • -v, --version: Display version information for this tool, supported tctis and exit.

       • -V, --verbose: Increase the information that the tool prints to the console  during  its
         execution.  When using this option the file and line number are printed.

       • -Q, --quiet: Silence normal tool output to stdout.

       • -Z, --enable-errata: Enable the application of errata fixups.  Useful if an errata fixup
         needs  to  be  applied  to  commands  sent  to  the  TPM.   Defining   the   environment
         TPM2TOOLS_ENABLE_ERRATA is equivalent.  information many users may expect.

TCTI Configuration

       The  TCTI  or “Transmission Interface” is the communication mechanism with the TPM.  TCTIs
       can be changed for communication with TPMs across different mediums.

       To control the TCTI, the tools respect:

       1. The command line option -T or --tcti

       2. The environment variable: TPM2TOOLS_TCTI.

       Note: The command line option always overrides the environment variable.

       The current known TCTIs are:

       • tabrmd        -        The        resource        manager,         called         tabrmd
         (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-abrmd).   Note  that  tabrmd  and abrmd as a tcti
         name are synonymous.

       • mssim - Typically used for communicating to the TPM software simulator.

       • device - Used when talking directly to a TPM device file.

       • none - Do not initalize a connection with the TPM.  Some tools allow for off-tpm options
         and  thus  support  not  using  a  TCTI.   Tools  that do not support it will error when
         attempted to be used without a TCTI connection.  Does not support ANY options  and  MUST
         BE presented as the exact text of “none”.

       The  arguments  to  either  the command line option or the environment variable are in the
       form:

       <tcti-name>:<tcti-option-config>

       Specifying an empty string for either the <tcti-name> or <tcti-option-config>  results  in
       the default being used for that portion respectively.

   TCTI Defaults
       When  a TCTI is not specified, the default TCTI is searched for using dlopen(3) semantics.
       The tools will search for tabrmd, device and mssim TCTIs IN THAT ORDER and USE  THE  FIRST
       ONE  FOUND.   You can query what TCTI will be chosen as the default by using the -v option
       to print the version information.  The “default-tcti” key-value pair will  indicate  which
       of the aforementioned TCTIs is the default.

   Custom TCTIs
       Any  TCTI  that implements the dynamic TCTI interface can be loaded.  The tools internally
       use dlopen(3), and the raw tcti-name value is used for the lookup.  Thus, this could be  a
       path to the shared library, or a library name as understood by dlopen(3) semantics.

TCTI OPTIONS

       This collection of options are used to configure the various known TCTI modules available:

       • device:  For  the  device TCTI, the TPM character device file for use by the device TCTI
         can be specified.  The default is /dev/tpm0.

         Example: -T device:/dev/tpm0 or export TPM2TOOLS_TCTI=“device:/dev/tpm0”mssim: For the mssim TCTI, the domain name or IP address and port  number  used  by  the
         simulator can be specified.  The default are 127.0.0.1 and 2321.

         Example:          -T          mssim:host=localhost,port=2321          or          export
         TPM2TOOLS_TCTI=“mssim:host=localhost,port=2321”abrmd: For the abrmd TCTI, the configuration string format is a  series  of  simple  key
         value  pairs separated by a `,' character.  Each key and value string are separated by a
         `=' character.

         • TCTI abrmd supports two keys:

           1. `bus_name' : The name of the tabrmd service on the bus (a string).

           2. `bus_type' : The type of the dbus instance (a  string)  limited  to  `session'  and
              `system'.

         Specify the tabrmd tcti name and a config string of bus_name=com.example.FooBar:

                \--tcti=tabrmd:bus_name=com.example.FooBar

         Specify the default (abrmd) tcti and a config string of bus_type=session:

                \--tcti:bus_type=session

         NOTE: abrmd and tabrmd are synonymous.  the various known TCTI modules.

EXAMPLES

              tpm2_nvdefine   0x1500016 -C 0x40000001 -s 32 -a 0x2000A

              tpm2_nvdefine   0x1500016 -C 0x40000001 -s 32 \
              -a ownerread|ownerwrite|policywrite -p 1a1b1c

Returns

       Tools can return any of the following codes:

       • 0 - Success.

       • 1 - General non-specific error.

       • 2 - Options handling error.

       • 3 - Authentication error.

       • 4 - TCTI related error.

       • 5 - Non supported scheme.  Applicable to tpm2_testparams.

BUGS

       Github Issues (https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues)

HELP

       See the Mailing List (https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/tpm2)