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The PSP KIRK Crypto Engine is a security hardware device that is embedded into the TACHYON main IC chip. It is a bus master and can DMA to/from main DDR RAM memory, operating independantly of the CPU. It is intefaced via memory mapped registers at base of 0xBDE00000 ([SPOCK Crypto Engine] on the other hand is mapped to 0xBDF00000). It is capable of performing AES encryption, decryption, SHA1 Hash, pseudo random number generation, and signature generation and verifications (ECDSA) and CMAC.
Commands
On PSP there are 18 KIRK commands. On PSVita, there are these 18 commands plus some new commands to support bigger keys (192 bits for example). See F00D commands.
Table
| Command ID | Name | Short description | Input size | Output size | Result | Used in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIRK_CMD_DECRYPT_PRIVATE | Super-Duper decryption (no inverse) | buf_size+0x40 | buf_size | memlmd, mesg_led | |
| 2 | KIRK_CMD_2 | Encrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 3) | ||||
| 3 | KIRK_CMD_3 | Decrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 2) | ||||
| 4 | KIRK_CMD_ENCRYPT_IV_0 | Encrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 7) (IV=0) | buf_size+0x14 | buf_size+0x14 | chnnlsv, memab | |
| 5 | KIRK_CMD_ENCRYPT_IV_FUSE | Encrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 8) (IV=FuseID) | buf_size+0x14 | buf_size+0x14 | chnnlsv | |
| 6 | KIRK_CMD_ENCRYPT_IV_USER | Encrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 9) (IV=UserDefined) | ||||
| 7 | KIRK_CMD_DECRYPT_IV_0 | Decrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 4) (IV=0) | buf_size+0x14 | buf_size+0x14 | memlmd, mesg_led,chnnlsv, memab | |
| 8 | KIRK_CMD_DECRYPT_IV_FUSE | Decrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 5) (IV=FuseID) | buf_size+0x14 | buf_size+0x14 | chnnlsv | |
| 9 | KIRK_CMD_DECRYPT_IV_USER | Decrypt Operation (inverse of cmd 6) (IV=UserDefined) | ||||
| 10 (0xA) | KIRK_CMD_PRIV_SIGVRY | Private Signature Verify (checks for private SCE sig) | ||||
| 11 (0xB) | KIRK_CMD_HASH | SHA1 Hash | buf_size >= 0x14 | ?buf_size? | memlmd, mesg_led, memab | |
| 12 (0xC) | KIRK_CMD_MUL1 | ECDSA Generate Keys | 0 | 0x3C | memab | |
| 13 (0xD) | KIRK_CMD_MUL2 | ECDSA Multiply Point | 0x3C | 0x3C | ||
| 14 (0xE) | KIRK_CMD_PRNGEN | Pseudo Random Number Generation | 0 | 0x14 | mesg_led, chnnlsv, memab, semawm | |
| 15 (0xF) | KIRK_CMD_15 | (absolutely no idea – could be KIRK initialization) | ||||
| 16 (0x10) | KIRK_CMD_SIGGEN | ECDSA Signature Generation | 0x34 | 0x34 | memab | |
| 17 (0x11) | KIRK_CMD_SIGVRY | Signature Verification (checks for generated sigs) | 0x64 | 0 | memab | |
| 18 (0x12) | KIRK_CMD_CERTVRY | Certificate Check (IDStorage certificates) | 0xB8 | 0 | openpsid, memab |
Command 1
Usages
Algorithm
Vulnerabilities
Command 2
Command 3
Command 4
Command 5
Command 6
Command 7
Command 8
Command 9
Command 10
Command 11
Command 12
Command 13
Command 14
Command 15
Command 16
Command 17
Command 18
Library
Calling commands using KIRK registers
Notes
In 2008 SilverSpring wrote:
Currently what is known about the cipher is that it is: a block cipher operating in CBC mode an all zero 128-bit initialization vector 128-bit block and key sizes cmd4/7 uses a static key that is identical in all PSP’s cmd5/8 uses a key based off the fuseID making all operations unique per PSP cmd6/9 uses a user-defined 128-bit key cmd1/2/3 uses the block cipher but also signature algorithms the remaining KIRK cmd’s do not use the block cipher (sig, hash, & prng algo’s) </source>