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+# SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020,2021 Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
+
+"""
+Test ECDSA signing of FIT images
+
+This test uses mkimage to sign an existing FIT image with an ECDSA key. The
+signature is then extracted, and verified against pyCryptodome.
+This test doesn't run the sandbox. It only checks the host tool 'mkimage'
+"""
+
+import pytest
+import u_boot_utils as util
+from Cryptodome.Hash import SHA256
+from Cryptodome.PublicKey import ECC
+from Cryptodome.Signature import DSS
+
+class SignableFitImage(object):
+    """ Helper to manipulate a FIT image on disk """
+    def __init__(self, cons, file_name):
+        self.fit = file_name
+        self.cons = cons
+        self.signable_nodes = set()
+
+    def __fdt_list(self, path):
+        return util.run_and_log(self.cons, f'fdtget -l {self.fit} {path}')
+
+    def __fdt_set(self, node, **prop_value):
+        for prop, value in prop_value.items():
+            util.run_and_log(self.cons, f'fdtput -ts {self.fit} {node} {prop} {value}')
+
+    def __fdt_get_binary(self, node, prop):
+        numbers = util.run_and_log(self.cons, f'fdtget -tbi {self.fit} {node} {prop}')
+
+        bignum = bytearray()
+        for little_num in numbers.split():
+            bignum.append(int(little_num))
+
+        return bignum
+
+    def find_signable_image_nodes(self):
+        for node in self.__fdt_list('/images').split():
+            image = f'/images/{node}'
+            if 'signature' in self.__fdt_list(image):
+                self.signable_nodes.add(image)
+
+        return self.signable_nodes
+
+    def change_signature_algo_to_ecdsa(self):
+        for image in self.signable_nodes:
+            self.__fdt_set(f'{image}/signature', algo='sha256,ecdsa256')
+
+    def sign(self, mkimage, key_file):
+        util.run_and_log(self.cons, [mkimage, '-F', self.fit, f'-k{key_file}'])
+
+    def check_signatures(self, key):
+        for image in self.signable_nodes:
+            raw_sig = self.__fdt_get_binary(f'{image}/signature', 'value')
+            raw_bin = self.__fdt_get_binary(image, 'data')
+
+            sha = SHA256.new(raw_bin)
+            verifier = DSS.new(key, 'fips-186-3')
+            verifier.verify(sha, bytes(raw_sig))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.buildconfigspec('fit_signature')
+@pytest.mark.requiredtool('dtc')
+@pytest.mark.requiredtool('fdtget')
+@pytest.mark.requiredtool('fdtput')
+def test_fit_ecdsa(u_boot_console):
+    """ Test that signatures generated by mkimage are legible. """
+    def generate_ecdsa_key():
+        return ECC.generate(curve='prime256v1')
+
+    def assemble_fit_image(dest_fit, its, destdir):
+        dtc_args = f'-I dts -O dtb -i {destdir}'
+        util.run_and_log(cons, [mkimage, '-D', dtc_args, '-f', its, dest_fit])
+
+    def dtc(dts):
+        dtb = dts.replace('.dts', '.dtb')
+        util.run_and_log(cons, f'dtc {datadir}/{dts} -O dtb -o {tempdir}/{dtb}')
+
+    cons = u_boot_console
+    mkimage = cons.config.build_dir + '/tools/mkimage'
+    datadir = cons.config.source_dir + '/test/py/tests/vboot/'
+    tempdir = cons.config.result_dir
+    key_file = f'{tempdir}/ecdsa-test-key.pem'
+    fit_file = f'{tempdir}/test.fit'
+    dtc('sandbox-kernel.dts')
+
+    key = generate_ecdsa_key()
+
+    # Create a fake kernel image -- zeroes will do just fine
+    with open(f'{tempdir}/test-kernel.bin', 'w') as fd:
+        fd.write(500 * chr(0))
+
+    # invocations of mkimage expect to read the key from disk
+    with open(key_file, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(key.export_key(format='PEM'))
+
+    assemble_fit_image(fit_file, f'{datadir}/sign-images-sha256.its', tempdir)
+
+    fit = SignableFitImage(cons, fit_file)
+    nodes = fit.find_signable_image_nodes()
+    if len(nodes) == 0:
+        raise ValueError('FIT image has no "/image" nodes with "signature"')
+
+    fit.change_signature_algo_to_ecdsa()
+    fit.sign(mkimage, key_file)
+    fit.check_signatures(key)