Thanks for the feedback.
On 3/2/26 8:35 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 12/02/2026 21.43, Zhuoying Cai wrote:
>> Add functional test for secure IPL.
>
> Thanks for adding it! Some comments below...
>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhuoying Cai <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> tests/functional/s390x/meson.build | 2 +
>> tests/functional/s390x/test_secure_ipl.py | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 tests/functional/s390x/test_secure_ipl.py
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/functional/s390x/meson.build
>> b/tests/functional/s390x/meson.build
>> index 70cd36e291..cb050f3c01 100644
>> --- a/tests/functional/s390x/meson.build
>> +++ b/tests/functional/s390x/meson.build
>> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>>
>> test_s390x_timeouts = {
>> 'ccw_virtio' : 420,
>> + 'secure_ipl' : 280,
>> }
>>
>> tests_s390x_system_quick = [
>> @@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ tests_s390x_system_thorough = [
>> 'ccw_virtio',
>> 'pxelinux',
>> 'replay',
>> + 'secure_ipl',
>> 'topology',
>> 'tuxrun',
>> ]
>> diff --git a/tests/functional/s390x/test_secure_ipl.py
>> b/tests/functional/s390x/test_secure_ipl.py
>> new file mode 100644
>
> chmod a+x please, so we can also run this test directly, without the meson
> test harness.
>
>> index 0000000000..c95553e4e9
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tests/functional/s390x/test_secure_ipl.py
>> @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
>> +#!/usr/bin/env python3
>> +#
>> +# s390x Secure IPL functional test: validates secure-boot verification
>> results
>> +#
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>> +
>> +from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
>> +from qemu_test import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern, exec_command
>> +from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern, skipBigDataTest
>> +
>> +class S390xSecureIpl(QemuSystemTest):
>> + ASSET_F40_QCOW2 = Asset(
>> + ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/'
>> + 'fedora-secondary/releases/40/Server/s390x/images/'
>> + 'Fedora-Server-KVM-40-1.14.s390x.qcow2'),
>> + '091c232a7301be14e19c76ce9a0c1cbd2be2c4157884a731e1fc4f89e7455a5f')
>> +
>> + def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
>> + super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
>> + self.root_password = None
>> + self.qcow2_path = None
>> + self.cert_path = None
>> + self.prompt = None
>> +
>> + # Boot a temporary VM to set up secure IPL image:
>> + # - Create certificate
>> + # - Sign stage3 binary and kernel
>> + # - Run zipl
>> + # - Extract certificate
>> + def setup_s390x_secure_ipl(self):
>> + temp_vm = self.get_vm(name='sipl_setup')
>> + temp_vm.set_machine('s390-ccw-virtio')
>> +
>> + self.qcow2_path = self.ASSET_F40_QCOW2.fetch()
>> +
>> + temp_vm.set_console()
>> + temp_vm.add_args('-nographic',
>> + '-accel', 'kvm',
>> + '-m', '1024',
>> + '-drive',
>> +
>> f'id=drive0,if=none,format=qcow2,file={self.qcow2_path}',
>
> Assets are stored as read-only in the cache, so this should fail? Did you
> maybe copy the asset manually into your cache?
>
> Anyway, I think you certainly want to operate on a "copy" of your asset
> instead (done with "qemu-img -b ..." to use the original asset as backing
> file), so you don't alter the original asset while running the test.
>
I’ll create a copy and set it up instead of using the original asset.
>> + '-device',
>> 'virtio-blk-ccw,drive=drive0,bootindex=1')
>> + temp_vm.launch()
>> +
>> + # Initial root account setup (Fedora first boot screen)
>> + self.root_password = 'fedora40password'
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Please make a selection from the
>> above',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, '4', 'Password:',
>> vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, self.root_password,
>> + 'Password (confirm):', vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, self.root_password,
>> + 'Please make a selection from the
>> above',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> +
>> + # Login as root
>> + self.prompt = '[root@localhost ~]#'
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'c', 'localhost login:',
>> vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'root', 'Password:',
>> vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, self.root_password,
>> self.prompt,
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> +
>> + # Certificate generation
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self,
>> + 'openssl version', 'OpenSSL 3.2.1
>> 30',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self,
>> + 'openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 '
>> + '-keyout mykey.pem -outform PEM -out mycert.pem
>> '
>> + '-days 36500 -subj "/CN=My Name/" -nodes
>> -verbose',
>> + 'Writing private key to \'mykey.pem\'',
>> vm=temp_vm)
>> +
>> + # Install kernel-devel (needed for sign-file)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self,
>> + 'sudo dnf install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
>> -y',
>> + 'Complete!', vm=temp_vm)
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.prompt, vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self,
>> + 'ls /usr/src/kernels/$(uname
>> -r)/scripts/',
>> + 'sign-file', vm=temp_vm)
>> +
>> + # Sign stage3 binary and kernel
>> + exec_command(self, '/usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file '
>> + 'sha256 mykey.pem mycert.pem
>> /lib/s390-tools/stage3.bin',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.prompt, vm=temp_vm)
>> + exec_command(self, '/usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file '
>> + 'sha256 mykey.pem mycert.pem /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r)',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.prompt, vm=temp_vm)
>> +
>> + # Run zipl to prepare for secure boot
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'zipl --secure 1 -VV',
>> 'Done.',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> +
>> + # Extract certificate to host
>> + out = exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat mycert.pem',
>> + '-----END CERTIFICATE-----',
>> + vm=temp_vm)
>> + # strip first line to avoid console echo artifacts
>> + cert = "\n".join(out.decode("utf-8").splitlines()[1:])
>> + self.log.info("%s", cert)
>> +
>> + self.cert_path = self.scratch_file("mycert.pem")
>> +
>> + with open(self.cert_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as file_object:
>> + file_object.write(cert)
>> +
>> + # Shutdown temp vm
>> + temp_vm.shutdown()
>> +
>> + @skipBigDataTest()
>> + def test_s390x_secure_ipl(self):
>> + self.require_accelerator('kvm')
>
> Could this test also be run with TCG?
>
> Thomas
>
>
No, this test will not work with TCG due to the test setup.
The Fedora Server qcow2 image has the root account locked by default.
Under TCG, the system boots much more slowly and drops into emergency
mode while the root account is still locked. As a result, the test
cannot proceed because login is not possible.
QEMU (TCG) log shows:
Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked.
See sulogin(8) man page for more details. Press Enter to continue.
...
There are also repeated SELinux AVC denials (e.g., access to z90crypt),
indicating the system reaches emergency state before completing normal
initialization.
Therefore, this test cannot run under TCG with the current image and setup.
>> + self.setup_s390x_secure_ipl()
>> +
>> + self.set_machine('s390-ccw-virtio')
>> +
>> + self.vm.set_console()
>> + self.vm.add_args('-nographic',
>> + '-machine', 's390-ccw-virtio,secure-boot=on,'
>> + f'boot-certs.0.path={self.cert_path}',
>> + '-accel', 'kvm',
>> + '-m', '1024',
>> + '-drive',
>> +
>> f'id=drive1,if=none,format=qcow2,file={self.qcow2_path}',
>> + '-device',
>> 'virtio-blk-ccw,drive=drive1,bootindex=1')
>> + self.vm.launch()
>> +
>> + # Expect two verified components
>> + verified_output = "Verified component"
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, verified_output)
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, verified_output)
>> +
>> + # Login and verify the vm is booted using secure boot
>> + wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'localhost login:')
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'root', 'Password:')
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, self.root_password,
>> self.prompt)
>> + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat
>> /sys/firmware/ipl/secure', '1')
>> +
>> +if __name__ == '__main__':
>> + QemuSystemTest.main()
>
