Phase 8 C (2/n): expand cert storage; NVRAM persistence crashed, reverted
Cert storage expanded from the old 16-byte placeholder to a real 32-byte seed + 32-byte pubkey. vm_zuse_cert_install() now has a kernel-side duplicate in src/starkernel/vm/vm_core.c -- the kernel build's VM_EXCLUDE list drops src/vm.c entirely (same reason vm_set_base() already has two independent copies), so the hosted-only version added earlier this session was never actually linked into the kernel. FORTH-side ZUSE-CERT-LO@/HI@ replaced with ZUSE-PUBKEY@ (i -- u) over the public half only; ACL-ZUSE-BOOT now checks ZUSE-CERT-INSTALLED? before authenticating instead of unconditionally. Attempted NVRAM-based persistence (GetVariable/SetVariable) for the first-boot mint flow: page-faulted inside OVMF's variable service (CR2 in the flash MMIO window). Moving the call site to match the one proven-safe existing SetVariable call site in this codebase produced the identical crash -- not a timing issue. Localized with debug markers (one boot): GetVariable works; SetVariable with real data never returns. The existing "working" precedent call is actually a delete-of-nonexistent-variable (size=0, data=NULL), a cheaper path that never touches flash, so it proved nothing about real writes. Root cause: this kernel's VMM never maps the region OVMF's variable service needs for real flash writes -- a genuine gap in UEFI runtime- services support, not Zuse-specific, and not obviously fixable in a 3-arch-uniform way (flash window location is firmware/arch-specific). Independently, storing the raw seed in RUNTIME_ACCESS NVRAM would have been a real security defect regardless of the crash -- readable by any later-loaded UEFI app or the booted OS. Reverted to a known-safe state: all NVRAM/mint code removed from kernel_main.c, init.4th's ACL.4th line back to its documented commented-out default. Verified clean compile and clean boot on all three architectures. Cert storage expansion (the part that works) stays. A dedicated system-identity disk (virtio-blk, already proven for writes via Artemis) is the recommended next substrate -- not yet decided or built. Full investigation documented in FABRIC-3.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01U14ET9CWAtbQMbYqomKgXd
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@@ -392,11 +392,16 @@ typedef struct VM
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uint8_t emergency_console; /**< 1 = fault handler active; bypasses all ACL checks (C-only write) */
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uint8_t zuse_session; /**< 1 = zuse authenticated at console; shows zuse)ok> prompt */
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uint8_t acl_skip; /**< 1 = skip all ACL hooks (Ananke enforcement VM; prevents recursion) */
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uint8_t zuse_cert_installed; /**< 1 = zuse_cert_lo/hi hold a real minted cert (one-time fuse) */
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uint64_t zuse_cert_lo; /**< Zuse cert value, low half. C-only write via vm_zuse_cert_install(). */
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uint64_t zuse_cert_hi; /**< Zuse cert value, high half. No FORTH word can write these fields --
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* deliberately kept out of the dictionary so ACL-PIN's redefinition-only
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* guarantee can't be bypassed via >BODY on a CONSTANT (see FABRIC-3.md). */
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uint8_t zuse_cert_installed; /**< 1 = zuse_cert_seed/pubkey hold a real minted cert (one-time fuse) */
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uint8_t zuse_cert_seed[32]; /**< Ed25519 seed, this instance's Zuse identity. C-only write via
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* vm_zuse_cert_install(); no FORTH word can read or write it --
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* the seed is the private key, never exposed past this struct. */
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uint8_t zuse_cert_pubkey[32]; /**< Ed25519 public key derived from the seed at mint time, cached
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* here so callers don't need to re-derive it. No FORTH word can
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* write it -- deliberately kept out of the dictionary so ACL-PIN's
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* redefinition-only guarantee can't be bypassed via >BODY on a
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* CONSTANT (see FABRIC-3.md). Read-only FORTH access via
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* ZUSE-PUBKEY@. */
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/** @} */
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/** @name Dictionary Management
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@@ -631,10 +636,11 @@ cell_t* vm_dictionary_get_data_field(DictEntry* entry);
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void vm_compile_word(VM* vm, DictEntry* entry);
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/* Zuse cert one-time install (blows the fuse). Returns 0 on success, -1 if
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* already installed -- a second call is a caller bug, not a runtime error to
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/* Zuse cert one-time install (blows the fuse). seed and pubkey are each 32
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* bytes, copied into the VM struct. Returns 0 on success, -1 if already
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* installed -- a second call is a caller bug, not a runtime error to
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* recover from silently. C-only: no FORTH word wraps this. */
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int vm_zuse_cert_install(VM* vm, uint64_t lo, uint64_t hi);
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int vm_zuse_cert_install(VM* vm, const uint8_t seed[32], const uint8_t pubkey[32]);
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/* Memory management */
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void* vm_allot(VM* vm, size_t bytes);
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