IDStorage
Location
PSP
IDStorage area is located after the IPL on the NAND at offset 0xC0000.
Description
It is used to store low-level information, such as the serial, MAC address, UMD, WLAN and region.
The IDStorage area is an associative array and information is stored using key/value pairs (index/leaf). The IDStorage seems a little coupled to the physical storage as each leaf is mapped to an area of 512-byte, which is equal to the pagesize of the PSP standard NAND flash, and it seems 512-byte page operations are intended.
Structure
Idstorage leaves are all 512 bytes. Most IDStorage leaves have a pair, although some do not.
Idstorage leaves indexes are 16-bit integers and are stored in an index table of two NAND pages of 512 bytes.
- The index is identified by byte 6 of the spare area (0x73).
- byte 7 is the idstorage version.
- byte is either 1 or 0 depending on whether the idstorage has been formatted or not, and finally byte 9 indicates if the idstorage is read-only or not.
For example, an index appearing at position 27 (byte 54) in the index table would find its associated data at the NAND offset: 0xC0000 + (27 * 512) = 0xC3600.
Importance in OS
As major functions such as UMD decryption, Ad Hoc and DNAS Authentication rely on IDStorage leaves, the loss or corruption of leaves can be crippling to the usability of the PSP. Users are strongly recommended to take a NAND Backup, giving them the opportunity to restore their IDStorage using a tool such as NandTool.
The firmware provides a driver to facilitate manipulations. In PSP: idstorage.prx. In PSVita: idstorage.skprx.
Generation
Most of the idstorage generation process is detailed in Despertar Del Cementerio (sources available here: https://github.com/mathieulh/Despertar-Del-Cementerio).
- some PSP JigKick files contain information on how to (re)generate idstorage leaves
- DespertarDelCementerio v7 also contains information about idstorage (re)generation.
- the most significant module used by DCv7 used to do this is idsregeneration.prx
(see DCv7 src code https://github.com/mathieulh/Despertar-Del-Cementerio/tree/master/idsregeneration).
- you can see a plethora of "templates" which are used for the generation of the idstorage sections.
- the idstorage regeneration requires 2, probably more parameters -> Region, MAC Address, and likely a timestamp of sorts.
- on ps3 the generation method wasn't found on the JigKick firmware files (and selfs). however, it seems that factory still does this, but by accessing a server, so the information cannot be deduced anymore unless there's access to the server.
- together with the idps (called PSID on PSP), the openPSID is also generated on PSP (written to IdStorage).
- there are 12 sections on PSP, unlike the 11 ones on PS3 EID0.
IDStorage certified sections
IDStorage certified sections are a security measure for critical information. For example PSID and OpenPSID are certified (leaves 0x100, 0x101, 0x120, 0x121). For PSPemu on PS3 and PS Vita, the same sort of certificates are contained in PS3 eEID and PS Vita ID Storage, and Kirk commands are implemented to handle them. Moreover, PS3 eEID certificates use almost the same structure and algorithms, whilst PS Vita extends block sizes from 128 to 192 and 256 bits.
Kirk command 0x12 is used to verify IDStorage certificates.
Structure
Name | Size | Description |
---|---|---|
Data | 0x10 | contains the actual data (either PSID or OpenPSID) |
plaintext public key | 0x28 | contains the certificate's public key (without padding) |
R | 0x14 | part of the ECDSA signature pair (R, S) |
S | 0x14 | part of the ECDSA signature pair (R, S) |
public key | 0x28 | ECDSA public key (unknown what this is doing here) |
encrypted private key | 0x20 | encrypted blob that contains the certificate's private key (with padding) |
omac/cmac1 | 0x10 | hash of the previous information in CMAC1/OMAC mode |
typedef struct ECDSA160_signature { // size is 0x28
unsigned char r[0x14];
unsigned char s[0x14];
} ECDSA160_signature;
typedef struct ids_cert_main_psp { // size is 0xA8
char data[0x10];
char pub_key[0x28]; // ?generated using Kirk command 0xC? sent to Kirk command 0x11 for verification
ECDSA160_signature signature;
char constant_pub_key[0x28]; // hardcoded constant, same in all PSP consoles but depends on the certificate index in ID Storage
char enc_priv_key[0x20]; // decrypted and verified by Kirk command 0x10
} ids_cert_main_psp;
typedef struct ids_cert_psp { // size is 0xB8
ids_cert_main_psp cert_data; // data input for generating enc_aes_cmac_hash
char aes_cmac[0x10]; // verified by Kirk command 0x12
} ids_cert_psp;
Content
Key | Information | Unique? |
---|---|---|
0x4 | Baryon settings/information + extra data since TA-085v1 | Same per model |
0x5 | Clockgen/I2C setup commands | Same per model |
0x6 | Battery, CPU frequency and general power settings + extra data since TA-085v1 | Same per model |
0x7 | Unknown (exists since TA-085v1/TA-086, changed in TA-088) | Yes |
0x8 | Brightness hardware control (exists since TA-085v1/TA-086, changed in TA-085v2 and TA-088) | Same per model |
0x10 | MagicGate | Yes |
0x11 | MagicGate | Yes |
0x12 | MagicGate | Same per model |
0x13 | MagicGate | Yes |
0x40 | Contains the 0x5 bytes at 0x88 from key 0x10 | Yes |
0x41 | USB (Driver type identifier) (slightly different since TA-085v1) | Same per model |
0x43 | USB (Device ID) (slightly different since TA-085v1) | Same per model |
0x44 | WLAN MAC Address (can be rebuilt using Noobz MAC Address Fixer) | Yes |
0x45 | WLAN Region (can be rebuilt using KeyCleaner) | Partially |
0x47 | Default parental lock level (first byte is 0x09, rest is empty) | Same per model |
0x50 | Serial number (not used since TA-082) | Yes |
0x51 | Firmware the PSP shipped with, and unknown unique data (exists since TA-085v1/TA-086) | Yes |
0x52 | Unused by PSP - Mostly the same per PSP except for slight variations, could be manufacturing info (exists since TA-085v1) | Partially |
0x54 | Default XMB background colour and original shell colour (exists since TA-085v1), see section below for more info | Partially |
0x100 | DNAS, VSH & Internet browser region, ad-hoc region (if missing, official updaters cannot run - error CTA80000025) | Yes |
0x101 | OpenPSID (non-indexed duplicate at [location of original + 0x8000]) | Yes |
0x102 | UMD (non-indexed duplicate at [location of original + 0x8000]) | Yes |
0x103 | UMD (non-indexed duplicate at [location of original + 0x8000]) | Yes |
0x104 | UMD (non-indexed duplicate at [location of original + 0x8000]) | Yes |
0x105 | UMD (non-indexed duplicate at [location of original + 0x8000]) | Yes |
0x106 | UMD (non-indexed duplicate at [location of original + 0x8000]) | Yes |
0x120-0x126 | Backup of respective 0x0100-106 key | Yes |
0x140 | Unknown unique data | Yes |
- Leaves 0x100-0x11F are identical to their backup leaves 0x120-0x13F
- Old PSP revision haven't leaves 0x046, 0x047
- Very old PSP revisions haven't leaf 0x140
Uses
IPL
The Stage 2 IPL (main.bin) reads 3 leaves, 0x004, 0x005 and 0x006. These leaves play a significant part in the PSP as they are related to power. In TA-082 and TA-086 PSP's, these leaves are at different locations, causing a brick with the 1.50 IPL.
0x004
0000000000 6E 79 72 42 01 00 00 00-10 00 00 00 BB 01 AB 1F nyrB............ 0000000016 D8 00 24 00 14 31 14 00-94 01 48 00 D8 00 00 00 ..$..1....H.....
0x005
0000000000 67 68 6C 43 01 00 00 00-01 00 00 00 CA D9 E3 9B ghlC............ 0000000016 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0x006
0000000000 72 64 44 4D 01 00 00 00-07 00 00 00 85 BD 2C 75 rdDM..........,u 0000000016 00 00 00 85 83 81 80 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
Chkreg.prx
sceChkregGetPsCode
Chkreg (chkreg.prx) reads 2 leaves, 0x100 and 0x102 or 0x120 and 0x122.
It gets PSID from the IdStorage and convert it to PsCode.
Example of PSP PsCode: 00 00 00 01 00 03 00 01
The return from sceChkregGetPsCode is determined to be valid or invalid via KIRK command 0x12, just like other functions using leaves 0x100, 0x120.
openpsid.prx
sceOpenPSIDGetPSID
sceOpenPSIDGetPSID first reads leaf 0x100 or 0x120 into a buffer using sceIdStorageLookup with the following args:
sceIdStorageLookup(0x120, 0x38, buf, 0xB8); // ???offset to check???
The buffer is then sent to KIRK using sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange with the following args:
sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange(0, 0, buf, 0xB8, 0x12);
It sends data to 2 modules: OpenPSID and memab. Once the scrambled buffer has been sent, "some check" is performed.
If sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange is sucessful, this part of sceChkregGetPsCode returns 0, else it returns 0x80000108.
sceOpenPSIDGetOpenPSID
OpenPSID (openpsid.prx) reads 2 leaves, both relating to the region: 0x101 or 0x121 and 0x102 or 0x122. The OpenPSID is calculated via the above leaves and sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange.
It first reads 0x101 or 0x121 into a buffer. If this fails it returns 0xC0520001 and reads 0x102 or 0x122 into the buffer. If it fails again, it returns 0xC0520002.
The buffer is then passed to sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange with the following args:
sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange(0, 0, buf, 0xB8, 0x12);
If the sceUtilsBufferCopyWithRange returns 1, OpenPSID returns 0xC0520001, else it returns 0.
Memab
Memab (memab.prx) reads 1 leaf, 0x100 or 0x120.
Mgr (mgr.prx) reads 2 leaves, 0x040 and another unknown leaf.
0x040
00000001E0 03 86 00 20 F8 47 90 88-58 99 2E 88 F8 47 90 88 ... .G..X....G.. 00000001F0 25 00 00 00 64 99 2E 88-01 00 00 00 D0 99 2E 88 %...d...........
Another unknown leaf.
Power
Power (power.prx) reads 1 leaf, 0x0004. This leaf is related to power and is also read by the IPL.
Umdman
Umdman (umdman.prx) reads 5 leafs, 0x102, 0x103, 0x104, 0x105, 0x106, 0x107. The leaf 0x102 is related to the region, and is probably used to determine what UMD video's can be read on the PSP.
USB
usb.prx
USB (usb.prx) reads 1 leaf, 0x041. This leaf has information on the USB types.
0x041
0000000000 4C 05 00 00 0A 03 53 00-6F 00 6E 00 79 00 00 00 L.....S.o.n.y... 0000000064 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00-C8 01 00 00 16 03 50 00 ..............P. 0000000080 53 00 50 00 20 00 54 00-79 00 70 00 65 00 20 00 S.P. .T.y.p.e. . 0000000096 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A............... 0000000128 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 C9 01 00 00 ................ 0000000144 16 03 50 00 53 00 50 00-20 00 54 00 79 00 70 00 ..P.S.P. .T.y.p. 0000000160 65 00 20 00 42 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e. .B........... 0000000208 CA 01 00 00 16 03 50 00-53 00 50 00 20 00 54 00 ......P.S.P. .T. 0000000224 79 00 70 00 65 00 20 00-43 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 y.p.e. .C....... 0000000272 00 00 00 00 CB 01 00 00-16 03 50 00 53 00 50 00 ..........P.S.P. 0000000288 20 00 54 00 79 00 70 00-65 00 20 00 44 00 00 00 .T.y.p.e. .D... 0000000336 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-CC 01 00 00 16 03 50 00 ..............P. 0000000352 53 00 50 00 20 00 54 00-79 00 70 00 65 00 20 00 S.P. .T.y.p.e. . 0000000368 45 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E...............
Offset Description Data 0x0000 idVendor 0x4C 0x05 0x0002 ??? 0x00 0x00 0x0004 bLength 0x0A 0x0005 ??? 0x03 0x0006 iManufacturer String 0x53 0x00 0x6F 0x00 0x6E 0x00 0x79 0x0044 ? bNum 0x05 0x0045 ??? 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0048 idProduct 0xC8 0x01 0x004A ??? 0x00 0x00 0x004C bLength 0x16 0x004D ? bDescriptorType 0x03 0x004E iProduct String 0x50 0x00 0x53 0x00 0x50 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x54 0x00 0x79 0x00 0x70 0x00 0x65 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x41 0x008C idProduct 0xC9 0x01 0x008E ??? 0x00 0x00 0x0090 bLength 0x16 0x0091 ? bDescriptorType 0x03 0x0092 iProduct String 0x50 0x00 0x53 0x00 0x50 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x54 0x00 0x79 0x00 0x70 0x00 0x65 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x42 0x00D0 idProduct 0xCA 0x01 0x00D2 ??? 0x00 0x00 0x00D4 bLength 0x16 0x00D5 ? bDescriptorType 0x03 0x00D6 iProduct String 0x50 0x00 0x53 0x00 0x50 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x54 0x00 0x79 0x00 0x70 0x00 0x65 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x43 0x0114 idProduct 0xCB 0x01 0x0116 ??? 0x00 0x00 0x0118 bLength 0x16 0x0119 ? bDescriptorType 0x03 0x011A iProduct String 0x50 0x00 0x53 0x00 0x50 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x54 0x00 0x79 0x00 0x70 0x00 0x65 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x44 0x0158 idProduct 0xCC 0x01 0x015A ??? 0x00 0x00 0x015C bLength 0x16 0x015D ? bDescriptorType 0x03 0x015E iProduct String 0x50 0x00 0x53 0x00 0x50 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x54 0x00 0x79 0x00 0x70 0x00 0x65 0x00 0x20 0x00 0x45
usbstor.prx
USBstor (usbstor.prx) reads 1 leaf, ?0x040 or 0x043?.
?0x040 or 0x043?
0000000000 55 73 74 72 53 6F 6E 79-20 20 20 20 50 53 50 20 UstrSony PSP 0000000016 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20-20 20 20 20 31 2E 30 30 1.00 0000000032 50 00 53 00 50 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 P.S.P...........
WLAN
WLAN (wlan.prx) reads 2 leaves, 0x044 and 0x045.
0x044
0000000000 00 16 FE 86 FA 28 .....(
0x045
0000000000 03 00 01 ...
These leaves contains the MAC address of the PSP. This can be changed, but does not effect the hardware, only the address displayed under System Information.
Sysconf_plugin
Sysconf_plugin (sysconf_plugin.prx) reads 1 leaf, 0x044. This is probably why the VSH displays a different MAC address when leaves 0x044/0x045 are changed.
Vshmain
Vshmain (vshmain.prx) reads 1 leaf, 0x046.
0x046
Empty, however vshmain uses the first byte of this leaf to set a param for vshImposeSetParam.
Key 0x054
This key controls what the default background color is set to on initial setup and also denotes what color of shell the board shipped with. It was introduced with 02g and consists of 3 bytes on every retail model except 01g (non-existent) and 05g (4 bytes, needs more research). The first byte has 3 options: 00 sets the default color to the "By Month" option, 01 (or any other byte 1 value that's not 00 or 02) will set the color in hexadecimal order from 1-12.bmp or 13-27.bmp that matches byte 2, 02 (only found on 02g so far) will set the default color to a specified color depending on the value of byte 3 if byte 3 is between 00 and 06 (if byte 3 is 07 or higher, then functionality is the same as setting byte 1 to anything other than 00 or 02). Byte 2 can be any hexadecimal number between 00 and 21, anything higher than 21 will result in a default background of solid white with no visible wave. Byte 3 seems to be linked to the color of the original shell and increments chronologically as more colors were released.
A key 0x054 value of 020002 would be a 02g in Ice Silver with a default background color of 26 (middle dark gray/black option), a value of 010410 would be a Spirited Green system with a default background color of 5 (dark green), and a value of 00001D would be a Charcoal Black system that defaults to the "By Month" color option.
Key 0x054 Byte 3 Color Table
Byte 3 | Shell Color | Special Color
(Byte 1 = 02) |
---|---|---|
00 | Piano Black | 26 |
01 | 26 | |
02 | Ice Silver | 26 |
03 | 14 | |
04 | 17 | |
05 | Felicia Blue | 20 |
06 | 23 | |
07 | N/A | |
08 | N/A | |
09 | N/A | |
0A | N/A | |
0B | Metallic Blue | N/A |
0C | Pearl White | N/A |
0D | Mystic Silver | N/A |
0E | Vibrant Blue | N/A |
0F | N/A | |
10 | Spirited Green | N/A |
11 | N/A | |
12 | N/A | |
13 | Turquoise Green | N/A |
14 | N/A | |
15 | Blossom Pink | N/A |
16 | N/A | |
17 | N/A | |
18 | N/A | |
19 | N/A | |
1A | Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Hunters Lm. Ed. (3000MHB) | N/A |
1B | Camouflage (MGS Peace Walker 3000) | N/A |
1C | N/A | |
1D | Charcoal Black | N/A |
1E | Red/Black | N/A |
1F | N/A | |
20 | Ice White | N/A |
Legality of distribution
There is question as to whether Sony are able to take legal action against those found to be distributing IDStorage leaves among the community, for research, repair, or otherwise. The worry is that the leaves are proprietary data (particularly UMD decryption leaves).