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@peculiar/asn1-androidThe KeyDescription class in this library represents the ASN.1 schema for the Android Keystore Key Description structure. However, in practice, there are cases where the AuthorizationList fields in the softwareEnforced and teeEnforced fields are not strictly ordered, which can lead to ASN.1 structure reading errors.
Starting with version 300, the schema has been updated to use keyMintVersion instead of keymasterVersion, keyMintSecurityLevel instead of keymasterSecurityLevel, and hardwareEnforced instead of teeEnforced. To support this, we've added the KeyMintKeyDescription class which works for both v300 and v400.
To address the non-strict ordering issue, this library provides NonStandardKeyDescription and NonStandardKeyMintKeyDescription classes that can read such structures. However, when creating extensions, it is recommended to use KeyDescription or KeyMintKeyDescription, as they guarantee the order of object fields according to the specification.
Here are simplified TypeScript examples:
Example of creating a KeyDescription object in TypeScript for the Android Keystore system
const attestation = new android.AttestationApplicationId({
packageInfos: [
new android.AttestationPackageInfo({
packageName: new OctetString(Buffer.from("123", "utf8")),
version: 1,
}),
],
signatureDigests: [new OctetString(Buffer.from("123", "utf8"))],
});
// Legacy KeyDescription
const keyDescription = new KeyDescription({
attestationVersion: android.Version.keyMint2,
attestationSecurityLevel: android.SecurityLevel.software,
keymasterVersion: 1,
keymasterSecurityLevel: android.SecurityLevel.software,
attestationChallenge: new OctetString(Buffer.from("123", "utf8")),
uniqueId: new OctetString(Buffer.from("123", "utf8")),
softwareEnforced: new android.AuthorizationList({
creationDateTime: 1506793476000,
attestationApplicationId: new OctetString(AsnConvert.serialize(attestation)),
}),
teeEnforced: new android.AuthorizationList({
purpose: new android.IntegerSet([1]),
algorithm: 1,
keySize: 1,
digest: new android.IntegerSet([1]),
ecCurve: 1,
userAuthType: 1,
origin: 1,
rollbackResistant: null,
}),
});
// KeyMint KeyDescription (works for both v300 and v400)
const keyMintDescription = new KeyMintKeyDescription({
attestationVersion: android.Version.keyMint4, // Use Version.keyMint3 for v300
attestationSecurityLevel: android.SecurityLevel.software,
keyMintVersion: 1,
keyMintSecurityLevel: android.SecurityLevel.trustedEnvironment,
attestationChallenge: new OctetString(Buffer.from("challenge-data", "utf8")),
uniqueId: new OctetString(Buffer.from("unique-id-data", "utf8")),
softwareEnforced: new android.AuthorizationList({
creationDateTime: 1684321765000,
}),
hardwareEnforced: new android.AuthorizationList({
purpose: new android.IntegerSet([1, 2]),
algorithm: 3, // EC
keySize: 256,
attestationIdSecondImei: new OctetString(Buffer.from("second-imei", "utf8")),
moduleHash: new OctetString(Buffer.from("module-hash-value", "utf8")), // Available in v400
rootOfTrust: new android.RootOfTrust({
verifiedBootKey: new OctetString(Buffer.from("boot-key-data", "utf8")),
deviceLocked: true,
verifiedBootState: android.VerifiedBootState.verified,
verifiedBootHash: new OctetString(Buffer.from("boot-hash-data", "utf8")), // Required in v300 and above
}),
}),
});
const raw = AsnConvert.serialize(keyDescription);
const rawKeyMint = AsnConvert.serialize(keyMintDescription);
Example of reading a non-standard KeyDescription:
// Parse with appropriate class based on version
const keyDescription = AsnConvert.parse(raw, NonStandardKeyDescription);
const keyMintDescription = AsnConvert.parse(rawKeyMint, NonStandardKeyMintKeyDescription); // Works for both v300 and v400
// All versions support both old and new property names
console.log(keyMintDescription.keyMintVersion); // 1
console.log(keyMintDescription.keymasterVersion); // Same as keyMintVersion (1)
console.log(keyMintDescription.hardwareEnforced === keyMintDescription.teeEnforced); // true
// Check v400 specific fields
const moduleHash = keyMintDescription.hardwareEnforced.findProperty("moduleHash");
console.log(moduleHash && Buffer.from(moduleHash).toString("utf8")); // "module-hash-value"
// Converting between versions
const legacyFromKeyMint = keyMintDescription.toLegacyKeyDescription();
const keyMintFromLegacy = KeyMintKeyDescription.fromLegacyKeyDescription(legacyFromKeyMint);
FAQs
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