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linux-image-manager/tests/unit/test_tor.py
Kevin Veen-Birkenbach b88878efec feat(image): remote LUKS unlock via a Tor onion service in the initramfs
Encrypted image setups can now bake a Tor onion service into the initramfs
so the dropbear unlock shell stays reachable behind NAT or a dynamic IP.
When the user opts in, configure_encryption installs tor + busybox, drops
the mkinitcpio hooks (ordered `netconf tor dropbear encryptssh`), generates
the v3 onion keys offline in the image chroot, and prints the stable
.onion address. Unlock with `torsocks ssh root@<onion-address>`.

The runtime hook syncs the clock via NTP first (RTC-less boards boot at
1970, which Tor's consensus checks reject) and starts the onion service
pointing at dropbear on 127.0.0.1:22.

Hardening baked in from an adversarial review of the shipped path:
- cmdline.txt boot path (RPi4-class firmware boot) now sets the same
  ip=::::<host>:eth0:dhcp net.ifnames=0 params as the boot.txt path, so
  the initramfs actually gets a network and the onion can publish.
- the initramfs bakes in libnss_dns.so.2 so the NTP hostname resolves.
- the hook extracts DHCP DNS with sed instead of sourcing the lease files,
  which would run attacker-controlled DHCP option strings as root pre-boot.
- NTP is attempted unconditionally (bounded), not gated on DHCP-provided DNS.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 18:48:56 +02:00

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import pytest
from lim import config
from lim.device import Device
from lim.errors import LimError
from lim.image import encryption, tor
from lim.image.plan import ImagePlan
from lim.image.session import ImageSession
@pytest.fixture
def plan():
return ImagePlan(distribution="arch", raspberry_pi_version="4", tor_unlock=True)
def _write_onion_hostname(root, address="abcdefghijklmnop.onion"):
onion_dir = root / tor.ONION_DIR
onion_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
(onion_dir / "hostname").write_text(f"{address}\n")
class TestConfigureTorUnlock:
def test_installs_hooks_and_returns_address(self, tmp_path, plan, fake_runner):
_write_onion_hostname(tmp_path, "stableaddress.onion")
address = tor.configure_tor_unlock(plan, tmp_path)
assert address == "stableaddress.onion"
package_installs = [
input_text
for _, _, input_text in fake_runner.calls
if input_text and "pacman" in input_text and "tor busybox" in input_text
]
assert len(package_installs) == 1
assert len(fake_runner.find("install", "tor_install", "etc/initcpio/install/tor")) == 1
assert len(fake_runner.find("install", "tor_hook", "etc/initcpio/hooks/tor")) == 1
assert len(fake_runner.find("install", "torrc", "etc/tor/initramfs-torrc")) == 1
# Existing keys must be kept: no keygen chroot run.
assert fake_runner.find("chroot", "DisableNetwork") == []
def test_generates_keys_when_missing(self, tmp_path, plan, fake_runner):
with pytest.raises(LimError, match="produced no"):
tor.configure_tor_unlock(plan, tmp_path)
# FakeRunner executes nothing, so the hostname file never appears —
# but the keygen chroot script must have been issued exactly once.
keygen_calls = [
(kind, cmd, input_text)
for kind, cmd, input_text in fake_runner.calls
if input_text and "DisableNetwork" in input_text
]
assert len(keygen_calls) == 1
assert "HiddenServiceDir" in keygen_calls[0][2]
def test_hook_resources_exist(self):
source_dir = config.CONFIGURATION_PATH / "initcpio"
for name in ("tor_install", "tor_hook", "torrc"):
assert (source_dir / name).is_file()
class TestInitcpioHookHardening:
"""Guards for review findings in the shipped initramfs hooks."""
def _read(self, name):
return (config.CONFIGURATION_PATH / "initcpio" / name).read_text()
def test_install_bakes_the_dns_resolver(self):
# Without the NSS module the NTP hostname never resolves and the clock
# stays at 1970, so Tor rejects the consensus and never publishes.
assert "libnss_dns.so.2" in self._read("tor_install")
def test_hook_never_sources_dhcp_lease_files(self):
# Sourcing /tmp/net-*.conf would run attacker-controlled DHCP option
# strings as root before the LUKS root is unlocked.
hook = self._read("tor_hook")
assert '. "$conf"' not in hook
assert "sed -n 's/^IPV4DNS" in hook
def test_hook_attempts_ntp_without_gating_on_dhcp_dns(self):
# NTP must run even when tor_ntp is an IP literal (no DNS needed).
hook = self._read("tor_hook")
assert "skipping NTP sync" not in hook
class TestBootloaderNetworking:
"""The cmdline.txt boot path (RPi4-class) must set ip= for remote unlock."""
def _session(self, tmp_path):
session = ImageSession(Device("mmcblk0"))
session.root_partition_uuid = "ROOT-UUID"
session.root_mapper_name = "cryptroot"
session.root_mapper_path = "/dev/mapper/cryptroot"
session.boot_mount_path = tmp_path / "boot"
session.boot_mount_path.mkdir()
return session
def test_cmdline_txt_gets_network_params(self, tmp_path, plan):
root = tmp_path / "root"
(root / "etc").mkdir(parents=True)
(root / "etc" / "hostname").write_text("myhost\n")
session = self._session(tmp_path)
(session.boot_mount_path / "cmdline.txt").write_text(
"root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw rootwait\n"
)
encryption._configure_bootloader(plan, session, root)
content = (session.boot_mount_path / "cmdline.txt").read_text()
assert "ip=::::myhost:eth0:dhcp" in content
assert "net.ifnames=0" in content
assert "cryptdevice=UUID=ROOT-UUID:cryptroot" in content
assert "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2" not in content
class TestMkinitcpioHooksLine:
def _mkinitcpio_conf(self, root):
path = root / "etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
path.write_text(
"MODULES=()\n"
"BINARIES=()\n"
f"HOOKS=({encryption.MKINITCPIO_HOOKS_PREFIX} "
f"{encryption.MKINITCPIO_HOOKS_SUFFIX})\n"
)
return path
def test_tor_hook_between_netconf_and_dropbear(self, tmp_path, plan, fake_runner):
path = self._mkinitcpio_conf(tmp_path)
encryption._configure_mkinitcpio(plan, tmp_path)
assert "netconf tor dropbear encryptssh" in path.read_text()
def test_no_tor_hook_when_disabled(self, tmp_path, plan, fake_runner):
plan.tor_unlock = False
path = self._mkinitcpio_conf(tmp_path)
encryption._configure_mkinitcpio(plan, tmp_path)
content = path.read_text()
assert "netconf dropbear encryptssh" in content
assert " tor " not in content