handle terminal tpm errors

ee/tpmrunner/tpmrunner.go

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -67,7 +69,23 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, slogger *slog.Logger, store types.GetterSetterDele
 	}
 
 	// assume we have a tpm until we know otherwise
-	tpmRunner.machineHasTpm.Store(true)
+	hasTPM := true
+
+	// on linux the TPM is at /dev/tpm0
+	// if it doesn't exist, we don't have a TPM
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		_, err := os.Stat("/dev/tpm0")
+		hasTPM = err == nil
+
+		if !hasTPM {
+			slogger.Log(ctx, slog.LevelInfo,
+				"no tpm found",
+				"err", err,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	tpmRunner.machineHasTpm.Store(hasTPM)
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(tpmRunner)
@@ -228,11 +246,11 @@ func (tr *tpmRunner) loadOrCreateKeys(ctx context.Context) error {
 		priData, pubData, err = tr.signerCreator.CreateKey()
 		if err != nil {
 
-			if isTPMNotFoundErr(err) {
+			if isTerminalTPMError(err) {
 				tr.machineHasTpm.Store(false)
 
 				tr.slogger.Log(ctx, slog.LevelInfo,
-					"tpm not found",
+					"terminal tpm error, not retrying",
 					"err", err,
 				)
 

ee/tpmrunner/tpmrunner_linux.go

@@ -3,8 +3,26 @@
 
 package tpmrunner
 
-// isTPMNotFoundErr always return false on linux because we don't yet how to
-// detect if a TPM is not found on linux.
-func isTPMNotFoundErr(err error) bool {
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+)
+
+var terminalErrors = []error{
+	// on linux, if the tpm device is not present, we get this error
+	// stat /dev/tpm0: no such file or directory
+	// we should check this when we create a new tpmrunner so this
+	// is maybe belt and suspenders
+	os.ErrNotExist,
+}
+
+// isTerminalTPMError returns true if we should stop trying to use the TPM.
+func isTerminalTPMError(err error) bool {
+	for _, e := range terminalErrors {
+		if errors.Is(err, e) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
 	return false
 }

ee/tpmrunner/tpmrunner_test.go

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ func Test_tpmRunner(t *testing.T) {
 		tpmRunner, err := New(context.TODO(), multislogger.NewNopLogger(), inmemory.NewStore(), withTpmSignerCreator(tpmSignerCreatorMock))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
+		// force the runner to think the machine has a TPM
+		// not using usual detection methods since were
+		// mocking it
+		tpmRunner.machineHasTpm.Store(true)
+
 		tpmSignerCreatorMock.On("CreateKey").Return(nil, nil, errors.New("not available yet")).Once()
 		require.Nil(t, tpmRunner.Public())
 
@@ -66,6 +71,11 @@ func Test_tpmRunner(t *testing.T) {
 		tpmRunner, err := New(context.TODO(), multislogger.NewNopLogger(), store, withTpmSignerCreator(tpmSignerCreatorMock))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
+		// force the runner to think the machine has a TPM
+		// not using usual detection methods since were
+		// mocking it
+		tpmRunner.machineHasTpm.Store(true)
+
 		tpmSignerCreatorMock.On("New", fakePrivData, fakePubData).Return(privKey, nil).Once()
 
 		// the call to public should load the key from the store and signer creator should not be called any more after
@@ -88,6 +98,11 @@ func Test_tpmRunner(t *testing.T) {
 		tpmRunner, err := New(context.TODO(), multislogger.NewNopLogger(), inmemory.NewStore(), withTpmSignerCreator(tpmSignerCreatorMock))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
+		// force the runner to think the machine has a TPM
+		// not using usual detection methods since were
+		// mocking it
+		tpmRunner.machineHasTpm.Store(true)
+
 		tpmSignerCreatorMock.On("CreateKey").Return(nil, nil, errors.New("not available yet")).Once()
 		require.Nil(t, tpmRunner.Public())
 

ee/tpmrunner/tpmrunner_windows.go

@@ -6,9 +6,27 @@ package tpmrunner
 import (
 	"errors"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-tpm/tpm2"
 	"github.com/google/go-tpm/tpmutil/tbs"
 )
 
-func isTPMNotFoundErr(err error) bool {
-	return errors.Is(err, tbs.ErrTPMNotFound)
+var terminalErrors = []error{
+	tbs.ErrTPMNotFound,
+
+	// this covers the error "integrity check failed" we dont
+	// believe a machine will recover from this
+	tpm2.Error{
+		Code: tpm2.RCIntegrity,
+	},
+}
+
+// isTerminalTPMError returns true if we should stop trying to use the TPM.
+func isTerminalTPMError(err error) bool {
+	for _, e := range terminalErrors {
+		if errors.Is(err, e) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
 }

ee/tpmrunner/tpmrunner_windows_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-tpm/tpm2"
 	"github.com/google/go-tpm/tpmutil/tbs"
 	"github.com/kolide/launcher/ee/agent/storage/inmemory"
 	"github.com/kolide/launcher/ee/tpmrunner/mocks"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func Test_tpmRunner_windows(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Nil(t, tpmRunner.Public())
 	})
 
-	t.Run("handles no tpm in Public() call", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("handles terminal errors Public() call", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
 		tpmSignerCreatorMock := mocks.NewTpmSignerCreator(t)
@@ -63,5 +64,38 @@ func Test_tpmRunner_windows(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, tpmRunner.Execute())
 		require.Nil(t, tpmRunner.Public())
 	})
+}
+
+func Test_isTerminalError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		err      error
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "tpm not found err",
+			err:      tbs.ErrTPMNotFound,
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "integrity check failed",
+			err:      tpm2.Error{Code: tpm2.RCIntegrity},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "is not terminal error",
+			err:      errors.New("not terminal"),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, isTerminalTPMError(tt.err))
+		})
+	}
 }