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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@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ void vm_set_base(VM* vm, unsigned b)
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/* vm_tick* and heartbeat functions moved to vm_time.c */
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/**
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* @brief One-time write of the Zuse cert value (blows the fuse).
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* @brief One-time write of the Zuse cert (seed + derived pubkey) -- blows
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* the fuse.
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*
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* Deliberately not backed by a dictionary CONSTANT: ACL-PIN only blocks
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* redefinition (vm_create_word shadowing), not a >BODY-then-store on the
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@@ -127,17 +128,17 @@ void vm_set_base(VM* vm, unsigned b)
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* corresponding FORTH store word closes that path entirely -- see
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* FABRIC-3.md's Milestone 4 mint-then-pin writeup for the finding.
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*
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* @param vm VM instance.
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* @param lo Cert value, low half.
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* @param hi Cert value, high half.
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* @return 0 on success; -1 if already installed (fuse already blown).
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* @param vm VM instance.
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* @param seed Ed25519 seed, 32 bytes (the private identity).
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* @param pubkey Ed25519 public key derived from seed, 32 bytes.
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* @return 0 on success; -1 if already installed (fuse already blown).
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*/
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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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{
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if (!vm) return -1;
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if (vm->zuse_cert_installed) return -1;
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vm->zuse_cert_lo = lo;
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vm->zuse_cert_hi = hi;
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memcpy(vm->zuse_cert_seed, seed, 32);
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memcpy(vm->zuse_cert_pubkey, pubkey, 32);
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vm->zuse_cert_installed = 1;
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return 0;
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}
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