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refactor(core/embed): refactor and improve tropic session establishing

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Authored by Ondřej Vejpustek

62/100 · Adequate
refactor(core/embed): refactor and improve tropic session establishing

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit refactors how the Trezor firmware's production-test code establishes secure sessions with the Tropic secure chip. It replaces scattered, manually-managed key-loading and session-start code with a single internal helper, `tropic_custom_session_start()`, and adds a way to invalidate an existing session before starting a new handshake. The change is described by the vendor as a refactor and improvement, not as a security fix. The diff does not show an obvious exploitable vulnerability, but it does remove several direct `memzero()` calls that cleared private key buffers in production-test routines; that cleanup is now handled inside the new helper. Because the commit touches sensitive pairing-key handling and session state, it has defensive-security relevance, but there is no disclosed incident or CVE.

Recommended action

Treat as a hardening/refactor commit rather than an urgent vulnerability patch. Reviewers should verify that `tropic_custom_session_start()` zeroizes the private key on every error path, that `tropic_session_invalidate()` correctly aborts any active session and resets state, and that callers no longer need the removed `memzero()` calls. Because this is provisioning/production-test code, ensure the factory pairing key path remains restricted and that the new public-key auto-fetch behavior does not weaken pairing integrity.

Security signals we found

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Refactor of secure-element pairing-key handling and session state

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New helper centralizes loading of factory/privileged/unprivileged private keys and session start

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New `tropic_session_invalidate()` / `lt_session_abort()` wrapper added and called before raw L2 handshake in `prodtest_tropic_handshake()`

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Removal of explicit `memzero()` of private key buffers in multiple callers; zeroization moved into helper

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Conditional public-key retrieval path changed: factory slot in prodtest/non-production can fetch chip public key automatically

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Risk score

Why this scored 33/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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