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feat(core/prodtest): Improve state handling around Tropic locking.

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Authored by Andrew Kozlik

62/100 · Adequate
feat(core/prodtest): Improve state handling around Tropic locking.

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit tightens the order in which factory-setup commands must run for Trezor devices that use a Tropic secure chip. It prevents secrets from being initialized or the Tropic chip from being locked if earlier pairing steps were skipped or failed. The changes reduce the chance that a device leaves the factory in an inconsistent or partially-secured state, but they are defensive hardening rather than a fix for a known active attack.

Recommended action

Treat as a defensive hardening commit. Review the updated provisioning command ordering in the prodtest README, ensure factory tooling enforces the new sequence (secrets-init before nrf-pair/tropic-pair, tropic-pair before tropic-lock), and verify that devices already in the field were not affected by the pre-patch state-handling behavior.

Security signals we found

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Prevents secrets initialization after Tropic pairing has already started, avoiding overwrite of pairing secrets

02

Adds lock-ordering guard: Tropic lock now requires prior successful pairing

03

Replaces fatal errors with 'NO' status in lock-check when pairing incomplete, improving safe state reporting

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Caches paired state to avoid repeated cryptographic session attempts

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Centralizes pairing prerequisite checks across nrf-pair, secrets-init, tropic-lock, and tropic-handshake

Risk score

Why this scored 42/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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